1. (1)

   1. (a) The division shall issue a respiratory care practitioner license in accordance with a two-year renewal cycle the division makes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
   2. (b) The division may extend or shorten a renewal period by as much as one year to maintain established renewal cycles or to change a renewal cycle.
2. (2) A respiratory care practitioner license automatically expires on the expiration date shown on the license.

3. (3)

   1. (a) A respiratory care apprentice license shall expire on the day of the earliest of the following events:

      1. (i) the issuance of a respiratory care practitioner license;
      2. (ii) the denial of a respiratory care practitioner license application; or
      3. (iii) the termination of enrollment at an accredited respiratory care practitioner program.
   2. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a)(iii), a respiratory care apprentice license is valid for 60 days after the day on which a respiratory care apprentice graduates from an accredited respiratory care practitioner program.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 96, 2026 General Session