1. (1) ABG - Arterial Blood Gas.
2. (2) ABG Endorsement - Endorsed by the Board to perform analysis of blood and other materials.
3. (3) Applicant - Any individual seeking licensure by the Board who has submitted an official application and paid the application fee.
4. (4) Board - The Tennessee Board of Respiratory Care.
5. (5) Board Consultant - Any individual authorized by the Board to make recommendations and/or decisions as listed under Rules 1330-01-.07(2) and 1330-01-.19(2).
6. (6) Board Designee - Any individual authorized by the Board to conduct a review of the qualifications of an applicant for a license or temporary license to practice respiratory care in Tennessee, to make an initial determination as to whether the applicant has met all the requirements to practice respiratory care in Tennessee, and to issue temporary authorizations to practice in accordance with T.C.A. § 63-1-142.
7. (7) Board Office - The office of the Unit Director assigned to the Board.
8. (8) CAAHEP - The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
9. (9) Co.A.R.C. - The Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.
10. (10) Department - Tennessee Department of Health.
11. (11) Division - The Division of Health Related Boards, in the Department of Health, responsible for all administrative, fiscal, inspectional, clerical and secretarial functions of the health related boards enumerated in T.C.A. § 68-1-101. RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS
12. (12) Fee - Money, gifts, services, or anything of value offered or received as compensation in return for rendering services; also, the required fees set forth in Rule 1330-01-.06.
13. (13) He/She Him/Her - When used in the text of these rules represents both the feminine and masculine genders.
14. (14) HRB - Health Related Boards.
15. (15) In Good Standing - The status of a license or permit which is current in the payment of all fees, administrative requirements and which is not subject to disciplinary action.
16. (16) T.J.C. - The Joint Commission previously known as the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.
17. (17) License - Document issued by the Board to an applicant who has completed the process for licensure, or temporary licensure, or licensure by endorsement. The license takes the form of an artistically designed license as well as other versions bearing an expiration date.
18. (18) Licensee - Any person who has been lawfully issued a license, temporary license or a license by endorsement to practice.

19. (19) Life Support Systems - A term synonymous with “life support equipment” which, for purposes of the licensure exemption allowed for licensed practical nurses, means any and all of the following:

    1. (a) Any type of mechanical ventilator.
    2. (b) Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Bi-Positive Airway Pressure devices.
    3. (c) Cardiopulmonary monitors.
    4. (d) All oxygen delivery devices except nasal cannula.
20. (20) Maintain - For purposes of the licensure exemption allowed for licensed practical nurses, means the setting up, attaching to or replacement of devices onto a life support system, and includes initiation of, replacement of and/or maintenance on any type of life support system.
21. (21) Manage - For purposes of the licensure exemption allowed for licensed practical nurses means the making of adjustments to the controls or settings of any life support system.
22. (22) NBRC - National Board for Respiratory Care.
23. (23) Person - Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, organization, or body politic.
24. (24) Practice of Respiratory Care - Shall have the same meaning as set forth in T.C.A. § 63-27- 102(4).
25. (25) Respiratory Care Practitioner - Shall have the same meaning as set forth in T.C.A. § 63-27- 102(7).
26. (26) Use of Title - To hold oneself out to the public as having a particular status by means of signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationary, announcements, business cards, or other means of professional identification. RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 63-27-102, 63-27-104, 63-27-105, and 63-27-116. Administrative History: Original rule filed January 31, 2000; effective April 15, 2000. Amendment filed March 20, 2001; effective June 3, 2001. Amendment filed September 26, 2001; effective December 10, 2001. Amendment filed March 27, 2003; effective June 10, 2003. Amendment filed April 17, 2003; effective July 1, 2003. Amendment filed August 28, 2015; effective November 26, 2015. Amendments filed March 23, 2026; effective June 21, 2026.