Sec. 10.1. (a) The committee shall issue a temporary permit to a person to practice respiratory care or to profess to be a respiratory care practitioner, not more than thirty (30) days after the application is filed and completed, if the person pays a fee and:

(1) has:

(A) a valid license or certificate to practice from another state; and

(B) applied for a license from the committee;

(2) is practicing in a state that does not license or certify respiratory care practitioners but is credentialed by a national respiratory care practitioner association approved by the committee, and the person has applied for a license from the committee; or

(3) has:

(A) been approved by the committee to take the next examination; and

(B) graduated from a school or program approved by the committee.

     (b) A temporary permit expires the earlier of:

(1) the date the person holding the permit is issued a license under this article; or

(2) the date the committee disapproves the person’s license application.

     (c) The committee may renew a temporary permit if the person holding the permit was scheduled to take the next examination and:

(1) did not take the examination; and

(2) shows good cause for not taking the examination.

     (d) A permit renewed under subsection (c) expires on the date the person holding the permit receives the results from the next examination given after the permit was issued.

As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.68. Amended by P.L.60-2000, SEC.17; P.L.149-2022, SEC.12.