Section 216-RICR-40-05-16.6 - Graduate Respiratory Care PractitionersA. Every graduate of a board approved respiratory care school who has filed a respiratory care practitioner application for licensure, may upon receiving a receipt (graduate permit) from the Department for said application and documents, perform as a respiratory care practitioner under the supervision of a respiratory care practitioner licensed in this state. 1. During this interim period, the graduate practitioner shall identify himself or herself only as a "graduate respiratory care practitioner."2. If a graduate respiratory care practitioner fails to take the entry-level examination within ninety (90) days from the effective date of graduate status, without due cause or fails to pass the entry-level examination, and fails to be granted a license, all aforementioned privileges shall automatically cease upon notice to the applicant.216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-05-16.6