Term of license -- Expiration -- Renewal

(1) (a) The division shall issue a respiratory care practitioner license in accordance with a two-year renewal cycle the division makes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (b) The division may extend or shorten a renewal period by as much as one year to maintain established renewal cycles or to change a renewal cycle. (2) A respiratory care practitioner license automatically expires on the expiration date shown on the license. (3) (a) A respiratory care apprentice license shall expire on the day of the earliest of the following events: (i) the issuance of a respiratory care practitioner license; (ii) the denial of a respiratory care practitioner license application; or (iii) the termination of enrollment at an accredited respiratory care practitioner program. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a)(iii), a respiratory care apprentice license is valid for 60 days after the day on which a respiratory care apprentice graduates from an accredited respiratory care practitioner program.