21 NCAC 61 .0308             CONTINUING DUTY TO REPORT

(a)  All licensed respiratory care practitioners and provisional licensees are under a continuing duty to report to the Board any and all:

(1)           convictions of, or pleas of guilty or nolo contendere to:

(A)          any felony;

(B)          any misdemeanor or other offense, such as fraud, when an element of the crime involves conduct by the licensee which indicates a lack of honesty, integrity, or competence directly relating to the licensee's delivery of respiratory care, including crimes whose elements include violations of Rule .0307(2), (5), (7), (10), (19), (21), (22), (23), (24) and (25) of this Chapter; and

(2)           the existence of any civil suit which arises out of or is related to the licensee's practice of respiratory care.

(b)  All supervising respiratory care practitioners are under a continuing duty to report to the Board any and all:

(1)           terminations of any respiratory care practitioner for violations of the practice act or Board rules; and

(2)           violations of the practice act or Board rules by any respiratory care practitioner under his or her supervision.

(c)  The reports required by this Rule must be made within 15 days of the occurrence, but a failure to make a report within 15 days does not bar the Board from investigating or taking action on the matter when it is reported.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-652(2);

Temporary Adoption Eff. October 15, 2001;

Eff. August 1, 2002;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2010; July 1, 2005;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. August 22, 2015.