Michigan Board of Respiratory Care

Respiratory care services means preventative services, diagnostic services, therapeutic services, and rehabilitative services under the written, verbal, or telecommunicated order of a physician to an individual with a disorder, disease, or abnormality of the cardiopulmonary system as diagnosed by a physician. Respiratory care services involve, but are not limited to, observing, assessing, and monitoring signs and symptoms, reactions, general behavior, and general physical response of individuals to respiratory care services, including determination of whether those signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general physical response exhibit abnormal characteristics; the administration of pharmacological diagnostic, and therapeutic agents related to respiratory care services; the collection of blood specimens and other bodily fluids and tissues for, and the performance of, cardipulmonary diagnostic testing procedures including, but not limited to, blood gas analysis; development, implementation, and modification of respiratory care treatment plans based on assessed abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system, respiratory care protocols, clinical pathways, referrals, and written, verbal, or telecommunicated orders of a physician; application, operation, and management of mechanical ventilatory support and other means of life support; and the initation of emergency procedures under the rules promulgated by the board.

The Michigan Board of Respiratory Care consists of 11 members who each serve 4 year terms.

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Statute

MCL 333.18705, Act 368 of 1978

Contact Information

LARA-Bureau of Health Care Services
Phone: (517) 335-0918
Fax: (517) 241-9416
Email: BHPinfo@michigan.gov

Members 

John Steven Rinck, Eaton Rapids

Respiratory therapists

Term expires 12/31/13

Debra Dix, Ishpeming

Respiratory therapists

Term expires 12/31/13

Julia Ann Prins, Davisburg

Respiratory therapists

Term expires 6/30/14 

John Michael Darin, Wyandotte

Respiratory therapists

Term expires 6/30/14

John Hyka, Shelby Township

Repiratory Therapist

Term expires 12/31/14

Patrick Monks, Clinton Township

General public

Term expires 12/31/14

Beverly Cherwinski, Vanderbilt

General public

Term expires 12/31/14

Carl F. Haas, Ann Arbor

Respiratory therapists

Term expires 12/31/15

Richard Tooker, MD, Grand Rapids

Medical directors

Term expires 12/31/15

Jeremy Bainbridge, Grand Rapids

Respiratory therapists

Term expires 12/31/16

Helene Wilste, Freeland

General public

Term expires 12/31/16