Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:

(a)Respiratory Therapy is an allied health specialty employed with medical direction in the treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluation and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities in the cardiopulmonary system.

(b)Respiratory Therapist is a person who is a holder of a valid certificate of registration and a professional identification card issued by the Professional Regulatory Board of Respiratory Therapy and the Professional Regulation Commission and who is legally qualified to practice respiratory therapy in the Philippines pursuant to this Act.

(c)Respiratory Therapy Technician is a person who has been registered and issued a valid certificate of registration and professional identification card and who has undergone a two(2)-year associate or certificate program in respiratory therapy procedures and whose specific assignments are supervised by a registered respiratory therapist. Such assignments are within the limits of a hospital or an institution of employment.

(d)Accredited Respiratory Training Center is a respiratory therapy unit or pulmonary laboratory, office, center, agency, clinic, hospital or sanitarium duly approved by the Department of Health or its authorized agency.

(e)Recognized School of Respiratory Therapy is any school, college, or university that offers a course in Respiratory Therapy as approved by the Commission on Higher Education in accordance with the requirements under this Act, upon recommendation of the Board of Respiratory Therapy.

ARTICLE II

THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF RESPIRATORY THERAPY