Final Text
18VAC85-40-61. Inactive license.
A. A licensed respiratory therapist who holds a
current, unrestricted license in Virginia shall, upon a request on the renewal
application and submission of the required fee, be issued an inactive license. The
holder of an inactive license shall not be entitled to perform any act
requiring a license to practice respiratory care in Virginia.
B. To reactivate an inactive license, a licensee shall:
1. Submit the required application;
2. Pay a fee equal to the difference between the current
renewal fee for inactive licensure and the renewal fee for active licensure;
and
3. Submit information on continued practice in another
jurisdiction or other evidence of competency to return to active practice to
include 10 hours of continuing education for each year in which the license has
been inactive, not to exceed three years.
C. The board reserves the right to deny a request for
reactivation to any licensee who has been determined to have committed an act
in violation of §54.1-2914 of the Code of Virginia or any provisions of this
chapter.
Statutory Authority
§§54.1-2400 and 54.1-2912.1 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 17, Issue 13, eff. April 11, 2001; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 19, eff. July 2, 2003.
18VAC85-40-65. Reinstatement Reactivation or
reinstatement.
A. To reactivate an inactive license or to reinstate a license that has been lapsed for more than two years, a respiratory care practitioner shall submit evidence of competency to return to active practice to include one of the following:
1. Information on continued practice in another jurisdiction during the period in which the license has been inactive or lapsed;
2. Ten hours of continuing education for each year in which the license has been inactive or lapsed, not to exceed three years; or
3. Recertification by passage of an examination from NBRC.
B. To reactivate an inactive license, a respiratory care practitioner shall pay a fee equal to the difference between the current renewal fee for inactive licensure and the renewal fee for active licensure.
A. In order to C. To reinstate a license which
has been lapsed for more than two years, a respiratory care practitioner shall
file an application for reinstatement, and pay the fee for
reinstatement of his licensure as prescribed in 18VAC85-40-35, and submit to
the board evidence of competency to practice to include 10 hours of continuing
education for each year in which the license has been lapsed, not to exceed
three years. The board may specify additional requirements for
reinstatement of a license so lapsed to include education, experience or
reexamination.
B. D. A respiratory care practitioner whose
licensure has been revoked by the board and who wishes to be reinstated shall
make a new application to the board, fulfill additional requirements as
specified in the order from the board and make payment of the fee for
reinstatement of his licensure as prescribed in 18VAC85-40-35 pursuant to
§54.1-2408.2 of the Code of Virginia.
E. The board reserves the right to deny a request for reactivation or reinstatement to any licensee who has been determined to have committed an act in violation of §54.1-2915 of the Code of Virginia or any provisions of this chapter.
Statutory Authority
§54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 7, eff. January 19, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 19, eff. July 2, 2003; Volume 23, Issue 9, eff. February 7, 2007.