3740.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all
applicants for licensure under this chapter shall have a high school
diploma or equivalent education, and shall be a graduate of a
respiratory therapy school reviewed and approved by the board.
   (b) An applicant whose application is based on a diploma issued to
the applicant by a foreign respiratory therapy school or a
certificate or license issued by another state, district, or
territory of the United States, shall furnish documentary evidence,
satisfactory to the board, that he or she has completed a respiratory
therapy school or a course of professional instruction equivalent to
that required in subdivision (a), for a respiratory care
practitioner applicant.
   (c) Education programs for respiratory care that are accredited
programs in public or private postsecondary education institutions
accredited by a regional accreditation agency or association
recognized by the United States Department of Education may be
considered approved programs by the board unless the board determines
otherwise.
   (d) A school shall give the director of a respiratory care program
adequate release time to perform his or her administrative duties
consistent with the established policies of the educational
institution.
   (e) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the board
from disapproving any respiratory therapy school, nor from denying
the applicant if the instruction received by the applicant or the
courses were not equivalent to that required by the board.



3741.  (a) During the period of any clinical training, respiratory
care services may be rendered by a student enrolled in an approved
respiratory care training program when these services are incidental
to his or her course of study.
   (b) A person engaged in a respiratory care training program as a
student shall be identified only as a "student respiratory care
practitioner."


3742.  During the period of any clinical training, a student
respiratory care practitioner shall be under the direct supervision
of a person holding a valid and current license issued under this
chapter.  "Under the direct supervision" means assigned to a
respiratory care practitioner who is on duty and immediately
available in the assigned patient care area.