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64B32-5.001: Disciplinary Guidelines
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 6, 2011, the Board of Respiratory Care has received the petition for declaratory statement from John Wilgis, M.B.A. RRT, on behalf of Florida Society for Respiratory Care. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Chapter 468, Part V, Florida Statutes, specifically Sections 468.352 and 468.365, F.S. and paragraph 64B32-5.001(1)(v), Florida Administrative Code, as it applies to the petitioner.
The petition seeks the Board’s interpretation of Chapter 468, Part V, Florida Statutes, specifically Sections 468.352 and 468.365, F.S. and paragraph 64B32-5.001(1)(v), Florida Administrative Code, and whether a respiratory therapist may legally accept orders from a physician extender (e.g. Advance Registered Nurse Practitioner, Physical Assistants); if the order should state ‘verbal’, or ‘telephone’ and should be signed off by the physician according to hospital medical executive staff policy; if a respiratory therapist is subject to disciplinary action if the supervising physician fails to counter sign the order per a hospital’s Medical Staff Bylaws; and whether it would be a violation of Chapter 468, Part V, Florida Statutes, if a respiratory therapists carries out an order(s) by a physician extender.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Allen Hall, Executive Director, Board of Respiratory Care, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255.