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 Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing
 Agency 85. Board of Medicine
 Chapter 40. Regulations Governing the Practice of Respiratory Therapists

  Section 65. Reactivation or reinstatement  

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  • A. To reactivate an inactive license or to reinstate a license that has been lapsed for more than two years, a respiratory therapist shall submit evidence of competency to return to active practice to include one of the following:

    1. Information on continued practice in another jurisdiction during the period in which the license has been inactive or lapsed;

    2. Ten hours of continuing education for each year in which the license has been inactive or lapsed, not to exceed three years; or

    3. Recertification by passage of an examination from NBRC.

    B. To reactivate an inactive license, a respiratory therapist shall pay a fee equal to the difference between the current renewal fee for inactive licensure and the renewal fee for active licensure.

    C. To reinstate a license which has been lapsed for more than two years, a respiratory therapist shall file an application for reinstatement and pay the fee for reinstatement of his licensure as prescribed in 18VAC85-40-35. The board may specify additional requirements for reinstatement of a license so lapsed to include education, experience or reexamination.

    D. A respiratory therapist whose licensure has been revoked by the board and who wishes to be reinstated shall make a new application to the board, fulfill additional requirements as specified in the order from the board and make payment of the fee for reinstatement of his licensure as prescribed in 18VAC85-40-35 pursuant to § 54.1-2408.2 of the Code of Virginia.

    E. The board reserves the right to deny a request for reactivation or reinstatement to any licensee who has been determined to have committed an act in violation of § 54.1-2915 of the Code of Virginia or any provisions of this chapter.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 16, Issue 07, eff. January 19, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 19, eff. July 2, 2003; Volume 23, Issue 09, eff. February 7, 2007; Volume 24, Issue 01, eff. October 17, 2007; Volume 32, Issue 01, eff. October 7, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2912.1 of the Code of Virginia.