Maryland Code, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS 14-5A-08
Terms Used In Maryland Code, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS 14-5A-08
- 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.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) An individual employed by the federal government as a respiratory care practitioner while the individual is practicing within the scope of that employment;
(2) A respiratory care practitioner student enrolled in an education program which is accredited by an approved accrediting organization while practicing respiratory care in the program; or
(3) An individual practicing respiratory care who is licensed by and residing in another jurisdiction if:
(i) The individual is participating in the transportation of a patient from that individual’s jurisdiction of licensure into the State;
(ii) The individual practices respiratory care only during the transportation of the patient;
(iii) The individual does not practice respiratory care on another individual who is not the patient being transported into the State; and
(iv) The individual does not practice respiratory care in the State for more than a total of 14 days within a calendar year.