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State Licensure Respiratory Therapy

NEIGHBORING STATES

State, Status, Contact Information, Website

Georgia
(GA)Meets Requirements  Phone: (404) 463-2292
 Email: malik.elliott@dch.ga.gov  Respiratory Therapy Committee
medicalboard.georgia.gov

South Carolina
(SC)Meets Requirements  Phone: (803) 896-4500
 Email: Candace.Gunter@llr.sc.gov  SC Board of Medical/Podiatry Examiners 
//llr.sc.gov

Tennessee
(TN)Meets Requirements  Phone: (615) 741-3807
 Email: mary.v.webb@tn.gov  Tennessee Board of Respiratory Care
www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-boards/rc-board.html

Virginia
(VA)Meets Requirements  Phone: (804) 367-4613
 Email: ashley.cota@sec.state.vt.us  Advisory Board on Respiratory Therapy
www.dhp.virginia.gov/medicine/advisory/rcp

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OTHER STATES

State, Status, Contact Information, Website

Alabama

(AL)Meets Requirements Phone: (334) 396-2332
 Email: asbrt@leadership-alliance.org  Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy
www.asbrt.alabama.gov

Alaska
(AK)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (907) 212-2378
 Email: karen.good@providence.org 

Arizona
(AZ)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (602) 542-5995
 Email: info@rb.az.gov  Board of Respiratory Care Examiners
 https://respiratoryboard.az.gov/

Arkansas
(AR)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (501) 296-1807
 Email: Juli.Carlson@armedicalboard.org  Arkansas State Medical Board
 http://www.armedicalboard.org/

California
(CA)Meets Requirements Phone: (916) 999-2190
 Email: rcbinfo@dca.ca.gov  Respiratory Care Board
 https://www.rcb.ca.gov/

Colorado
(CO)Meets Requirements Phone: (303) 894-7800
 Email: dora_respiratoryboard@state.co.us  Division of Professions and Occupations
 https://dpo.colorado.gov/

Connecticut
(CT)Meets Requirements Phone: (860) 509-7603
 Email: dph.alliedhealth@ct.gov  RCP Licensure Committee
 https://portal.ct.gov/dph

Delaware
(DE)Meets Requirements Phone: (302) 744-4500
 Email: shauna.slaughter@state.de.us  Delaware Department of State
Division of Professional Regulation
 https://dpr.delaware.gov/

District of Columbia
(DC)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (202) 442-8336
 Email: aisha.nixon@dc.gov Board of Respiratory Care
 https://dchealth.dc.gov/node/161462 

Florida
(FL) Meets Requirements Phone: (850) 245-4444, ext. 3476
 Email: mqa_respiratorytherapy@doh.state.fl.us  Board of Respiratory Care
 https://floridasrespiratorycare.gov/

Hawaii
(HI)Meets Requirements Phone: (808) 586-2704
 Email: rt@dcca.hawaii.gov Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
 http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/programs/respiratory/ 

Idaho
(ID)Meets Requirements Phone: (208) 327-7000
 Email: claudia.lawson@bom.idaho.gov  Respiratory Care Licensure Board
 https://bom.idaho.gov/BOMPortal/Home.aspx

Illinois
(IL)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (800) 560-6420
 Email: robert.gerton@illinois.gov  Respiratory Care Board
 https://www.idfpr.com/profs/RespCare.asp

Indiana 
(IN)Meets Requirements Phone: (317) 234-2003
 Email: cvaught@pla.in.gov  Respiratory Care Committee
 https://www.in.gov/pla/rcp.htm

Iowa
(IA)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (515) 281-0254
 Email: Tony.Alden@idph.iowa.gov Iowa Board of Respiratory Care and Polysomnography
 https://idph.iowa.gov/Licensure/Iowa-Board-of-Respiratory-Care 

Kansas
(KS)Does Not Meet Requirements
Phone: (785) 296-7413
Email: KSBHA_Licensing@ks.gov

Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Respiratory Care Advisory Committee 
 http://www.ksbha.org/main.shtml 

Kentucky
(KY)Meets Requirements Phone: (859) 246-2747
 Email: tamara.mcdaniel@ky.gov  Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care
 http://kbrc.ky.gov/

Louisiana
(LA)Meets Requirements Phone: (504) 568-6820, ext. 235
 Email: ajames@lsbme.la.gov Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
 http://www.lsbme.la.gov/

Maine
(ME)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (207) 624-8603
 Email: respcare.lic@maine.gov Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners
 https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/ 

Maryland
(MD)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (410) 764-4768
 Email: Felicia.Wright@maryland.gov Maryland Board of Physicians
 https://www.mbp.state.md.us/licensure.aspx

Massachusetts
(MA)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (800) 414-0168 
 Email: Karen.Geoghegan1@state.ma.gov Board of Respiratory Care
 https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-respiratory-car

Michigan
(MI)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (517) 373-6873
 Email: bhpinfo@michigan.gov Board of Respiratory Care
 https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bpl/health 

Minnesota
(MN)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (612) 548-2144
 Email: Molly.Schwanz@state.mn.us Respiratory Care Advisory Council
 https://mn.gov/boards/medical-practice/ 

Mississippi
(MS)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (601) 364-7360
 Email: yolanda.morrow@healthyms.com  MS State Dept. of Health, Professional Licensure—Respiratory Care
 https://msdh.ms.gov/

Missouri
(MO)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (573) 522-5864
 Email: rcp@pr.mo.gov Missouri Board for Respiratory Care
 https://pr.mo.gov/respiratorycare.asp 

Montana
(MT)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (406) 841-2360
 Email: dlibsdrcp@mt.gov Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners
 http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/rcp 

Nebraska
(NE)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (402) 471-2299
 Email: Claire.covertbybee@nebraska.gov  Dept. of Health & Human Services
Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit
 http://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Respiratory-Care.aspx 

Nevada
(NV)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (775) 688-2559
 Email: lldnsbme@medboard.nv.gov  Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners
 http://www.medboard.nv.gov/

New Hampshire
(NH)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (603) 271-8389
 Email: jennifer.hackett@nh.gov  Office of Licensed Allied Health Professionals
 https://www.nh.gov/alliedhealth

New Jersey
(NJ)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (973) 504-6485
 Email: askconsumeraffairs@dca.lps.state.nj.us  State Board of Respiratory Care
 https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/resp/Pages/default.aspx 

New Mexico
(NM)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (505) 476-4622
 Email: RespiratoryCareBd@state.nm.us Respiratory Care Advisory Board
 http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Respiratory_Care.aspx

New York
(NY)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (518) 474-3817, ext. 120
 Email: rtbd@nysed.gov NY State Board for Respiratory Therapy
 http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/rt/

North Dakota
(ND)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (701) 222-1564
 Email: ndsbrc@aptnd.com  ND State Board of Respiratory Care
 https://www.ndsbrc.com/

Ohio
(OH)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (614) 466-3934
 Email: contact@med.ohio.gov State Medical Board of Ohio
 https://www.med.ohio.gov/Renew/Respiratory-Care-RC

Oklahoma
(OK)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (405) 962-1400
 Email: rhall@okmedicalboard.org Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure
 https://www.okmedicalboard.org/respiratory_care_practitioners 

Oregon
(OR)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (503) 378-8667
 Email: hlo.info@state.or.us Health Licensing Office
 https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/hlo/pages/index.aspx 

Pennsylvania
(PA)Meets Requirements Phone: (717) 783-1400
 Email: st-medicine@pa.gov State Board of Medicine
 https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Medicine/Pages/default.aspx 

Rhode Island
(RI)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (401) 222-2828
 Email: doh.elicense@health.ri.gov  Respiratory Care Practitioners Board RI Department of Health
 https://health.ri.gov/licenses/index.php 

South Dakota
(SD)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (605) 367-7781
 sdbmoe@state.sd.us  South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
 https://doh.sd.gov/boards/medicine/ 

Texas
(TX)Meets Requirements Phone: (512) 305-7010
 Email: verifcic@tmb.state.tx.us Professional Licensing and Certification Unit, Texas Medical Board
 http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/licensing-respiratory-care-practitioner 

Utah
(UT)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (801) 530-6159
 DOPLWeb@utah.gov  Respiratory Care Licensing Board
 https://dopl.utah.gov/resp/index.html 

Vermont
(VT)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (802) 828-1502
 Email: brittney.utton@sec.state.vt.us  Vermont Office of Professional Regulation
 https://sos.vermont.gov/ 

Washington
(WA)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (360) 236-4700
 Email: hsqa.csc@doh.wa.gov Respiratory Care Practitioner Program
 http://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/ProfessionsNewReneworUpdate/RespiratoryCarePractitioner.aspx 

West Virginia
(WV)Meets Requirements Phone: (304) 558-1382
 Email: massen@wvnet.edu  West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care
 https://borc.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx 

Wisconsin
(WI)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (608) 261-2378
 Email: thomas.ryan@wisconsin.gov Wisconsin Respiratory Care Practitioners Examining Council
 https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/RespiratoryCarePractitioner/Default.aspx 

Wyoming
(WY)Does Not Meet Requirements Phone: (307) 777-5403
 Email: Carla.Fleming@wyo.gov  Wyoming State Board for Respiratory Care
 http://plboards.state.wy.us/ 

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