Section 3-1202.14 - Board of Respiratory Care(a) There is established a Board of Respiratory Care to consist of 5 members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.(b) The Board shall regulate the practice of respiratory care.(c) Of the members of the Board, 3 shall be respiratory therapists licensed in the District; 1 shall be a physician with knowledge and experience in the practice of respiratory care; and 1 shall be a consumer member; except, that from the effective date of the Health Occupations Revision General Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading on May 7, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-545), of the members of the Board, 3 shall be respiratory care practitioners licensed in the District, one shall be either a physician with knowledge and experience in the practice of respiratory care or a respiratory care practitioner, licensed in the District, and one shall be a consumer member.(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of 3 years.(e) Of the members initially appointed under this section, 1 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 2 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 2 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. The terms of the members first appointed shall begin on the date that a majority of the first members are sworn in, which shall become the anniversary date for all subsequent appointments.Amended by D.C. Law 25-191,§ I-101, 71 DCR 006698, eff. 7/19/2024.Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 214; as added Mar. 14, 1995, D.C. Law 10-203, § 2(c), 41 DCR 7707.