1. (1) Only persons who are licensed as respiratory care practitioners or who are exempt from licensure pursuant to section 54-4312 , Idaho Code, or who hold a permit issued by the board under the provisions of this chapter may provide polysomnography-related respiratory care services.

2. (2) An applicant for a permit to provide polysomnography-related respiratory care services must:

   1. (a) Submit an application to the board on forms prescribed by the board and pay the permit fee required under this chapter;
   2. (b) Not have been convicted of an offense or disciplined by a licensing body in a manner that bears, in the judgment of the board, a demonstrable relationship to the provision of polysomnography-related respiratory care services;
   3. (c) Be a high school graduate or have passed a general educational development (GED) examination and earned a GED certificate; and
   4. (d) Be currently certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
3. (3) A polysomnographic technologist applicant must have successfully completed the certification examination approved by the board.
4. (4) A polysomnographic technician applicant must have successfully completed a polysomnography program of not less than one (1) year duration, associated with a nationally accredited educational facility.

[54-4307, added 2021, ch. 21, sec. 2, p. 57.]