Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 24 > Chapter 121 > Subchapter 5 - Outside Aid

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Consultation by telecommunications: means a respiratory care practitioner renders professional or expert opinion or advice via telecommunications or computer technology from another location. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Direct supervision: means a respiratory care practitioner licensed in this State is physically present and is immediately available to direct and supervise tasks related to patient management. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Municipality: shall mean "municipality" as defined in 1 V. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Respiratory care: means the allied health profession responsible for the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, control, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with cardiopulmonary systems under the direction of a physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, or nurse practitioner. See
• Respiratory care educational program: means a program accredited by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) or by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), or their successor organizations. See
• Respiratory care practitioner: means a person:

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See