Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 37 > Chapter 28 > Part 2 - Licensure

• Board: means the board of respiratory care practitioners established in 2-15-1750. See Montana Code 37-28-102
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Respiratory care: means the care provided by a member of the allied health profession responsible for the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, and control of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. See Montana Code 37-28-102
• Respiratory care practitioner: means a person who has the knowledge and skill necessary to administer respiratory care and who is licensed under the provisions of part 2 of this chapter. See Montana Code 37-28-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Student respiratory care practitioner: means a person:

  (a)enrolled in a respiratory care educational program recognized by the joint review committee for respiratory therapy education and the American medical association's committee on allied health education and accreditation, or their successors;

  (b)permitted to provide respiratory care under clinical supervision; and

  (c)identified as a student respiratory care practitioner or "SRCP". See Montana Code 37-28-102