Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-45-214

Current through Register Vol. 31, No. 2, January 10, 2025

Section R4-45-214 - Standards of Professional Conduct

Conduct or practice that is contrary to recognized standards of ethics of the respiratory therapy profession, as used in A.R.S. § 32-3501(10)(i), includes the following:

1. Engaging in the practice of respiratory care in a manner that harms or may harm a patient or that the Board determines falls below the community standard;

2. Procuring or attempting to procure by fraud or misrepresentation a license or renewal of a license to practice respiratory care;

3. Violating a formal order, condition of probation, or stipulation issued by the Board, another regulatory entity of any state, or a court of law;

4. Obtaining a fee by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;

5. Falsely claiming attendance at an approved continuing education to meet license renewal requirements;

6. Endangering a patient's or the public's physical or emotional health or safety or engaging in conduct or practice that may reasonably be expected to do so;

7. Engaging in sexual intimacies with a patient unless the sexual intimacies were initiated before the practitioner-patient relationship was established;

8. Committing an act of sexual abuse, misconduct, harassment, or exploitation;

9. Acting in a manner that the Board determines, based on community standards, constitutes incompetence, gross negligence, repeated negligence, or negligence that results in harm or death of a patient;

10. Abandoning or neglecting a patient, including leaving a respiratory therapy assignment before properly advising supervisory personnel;

11. Failing to report for scheduled duty without properly advising supervisory personnel;

12. Using or being under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs or substances, or drugs or substances that impair judgment, while on duty in any health care work location;

13. Impersonating another licensed practitioner;

14. Knowingly employing, directing, or supervising an individual in the performance of respiratory care who is not authorized to practice respiratory care;

15. Violating the confidentiality of information concerning a patient;

16. Inaccurately recording, falsifying, or altering a patient record, including a patient chart or medication administration record;

17. Misrepresenting or omitting a fact on an application for employment as a respiratory care practitioner;

18. Retaliating against any person who reports in good faith to the Board alleged incompetence or illegal or unethical conduct of any practitioner;

19. Using, removing, or possessing property that belongs to an individual or entity without authorization;

20. Threatening the physical health or safety of a Board member or the Board's staff; and

21. Knowingly exceeding the scope of practice for a respiratory care practitioner at any health care location as the scope of practice is defined by the entity responsible for that health care location.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-45-214

Adopted effective September 12, 1996 (Supp. 96-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 1110, effective March 22, 1999 (Supp. 99-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 968, effective May 6, 2006 (Supp. 06-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 832, effective May 3, 2008 (Supp. 08-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 3430, effective October 4, 2008 (Supp. 08-3).