Respiratory Care Licensure Application & Instructions

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Go toMyLicense.IN.gov and you will either need to create or login to your Access Indiana, single sign-on account. You will complete the online application and submit payment with a credit or debit card. Please allow 48 business hours for your application to be received and reviewed. You will be contacted by a customer service representative with details of what additional documentation is required to complete your application.

Respiratory Care Licensure Application Instructions

• Completed Application: Applications may be submitted online at MyLicense.IN.gov or completed by paper and mailed to our office.
• Application fee of $50.00: Pay by credit or debit card for applications submitted online at MyLicense.IN.gov. If applying by paper/mail make checks or money orders payable to Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.  All application fees are nonrefundable.
• Name Change Documentation: Documentation of any legal name change if your name differs from that on any of your documents. Documentation may include a copy of your marriage certificate or divorce decree.
• Positive Response Documentation: If you answer "Yes" to any questions on the application, explain fully in a statement that includes all details. Include the violation, location, date, and disposition. Submit copies of court documents for each instance to support the statement. If malpractice, provide the name(s) of the plaintiff(s).
• Criminal Background Check Required:  An individual applying for a license shall submit to a national criminal history background check at the cost of the individual.  Please see the step-by-step directions on how to complete the fingerprinting process for your criminal background check by visiting www.in.gov/pla/3241.htm. 
  Criminal background checks must be obtained after you apply for your license with the Board and prior to the issuance of a license.
• Official Transcript: Applicants must submit an official transcript of grades, sent directly to the Committee from the school or program, from which the applicant obtained the degree which shows that all requirements for graduation have been met by the applicant and certifying the date the degree was conferred.
• National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Credential Report:  Applicants must submit a NBRC credential report, sent directly to the Committee from the NBRC. A copy of your NBRC Certificate or score report is not acceptable for licensure. For more information regarding the examination or a credential report please contact the:

National Board of Respiratory Care, Inc.

18000 W. 105^th Street

Olathe, KS 66061-7543

Toll Free:         (888) 341-4811

Telephone:     (913) 895-4900

FAX:                 (913) 895-4650

Web Site:        www.nbrc.org

Email:              nbrc-info@nbrc.org

• Verification of Licensure: Verification of any registration/license/certification to practice any health-related profession or occupation in another state or territory.  Verifications must be submitted directly from the state of issuance.  You may find the verification form here.
• Endorsement Applicants Coming from a State that Does Not Require Licensure or Certification: Endorsement applicants that are coming from a state that does not require licensure, registration, or certification to practice respiratory care and are endorsing based upon their NBRC credentials, must submit a statement stating that the State from which you are endorsing does not require licensure, registration or certification. This statement must be signed and dated by the applicant.
• Credential Applicants - Re-Examination After Five (5) Years: If five (5) years have elapsed since the successful completion of the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) examination, the applicant must retake and successfully complete a current entry level NBRC examination within six (6) months of the date of application for licensure.

The Fair Information Practice Act:  In compliance with Ind. Code 4-1-6, this agency is notifying you that you must provide the requested information, or your application will not be processed. You have the right to challenge, correct, or explain information maintained by this agency. The information you provide will become public record. Your examination scores and grade transcripts are confidential except in circumstances where their release is required by law, in which case you will be notified.

Mandatory Disclosure of U.S. Social Security Number: Your social security number is being requested by this state agency in accordance with Ind. Code 4-1-8-1 and 25-1-5- 11(a). Disclosure is mandatory, and this record cannot be processed without it.

Failure to disclose your U.S. social security number will result in the denial of your application. Application fees are not refundable.

Abandon Applications:  If an applicant does not submit all requirements within one (1) year after the date on which the application is filed, the application for licensure is abandoned without any action of the Board. An application submitted after an abandoned application shall be treated as a new application.

Respiratory Care Licensure Temporary Permit Application Instructions

For applicants applying by Examination or Endorsement.  Applicants are not eligible for a temporary permit when applying by credentials.

• Temporary Permit Request: Online applicants can submit the application for the RCP temporary permit after submitting their application for RCP licensure.  Applicants submitting paper applications will check “Yes” in the appropriate box to request the temporary permit.
• Application fee of $25.00: Pay by credit or debit card for applications submitted online at MyLicense.IN.gov. If applying by paper/mail make checks or money orders payable to Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.  Please note that this fee is in addition to the $50.00 RCP application fee for a total of $75.00.  All application fees are nonrefundable.
• Applying by Examination - Proof of Graduation: The applicant is required to submit one of the following documents as proof of graduation:

• Original Letter or Certificate of Completion: An original letter or certificate of completion, sent directly to the Committee from the school or program, verifying the date that the applicant has completed and will receive his/her diploma will be accepted under the signature and seal of the dean of the school or program.
• Official Transcript: An official transcript of grades, sent directly to the Committee from the school or program, from which the applicant obtained the degree which shows that all requirements for graduation have been met by the applicant and certifying the date the degree was conferred.

If an applicant submits a letter or certificate of completion in order to issue a temporary permit, the applicant is required to submit an official transcript of grades sent directly to the Committee from their school or program which shows that all requirements for graduation have been met and certifying the date the degree was conferred, prior to the issuance of their respiratory care license.

• Applying by Endorsement – Proof of Active Licensure
  • Proof of Current Licensure or Certification:  Applicants must submit a “Verification of State Licensure” form, submitted to the Committee directly from the state, that you hold a current license, registration, or certification.

OR

• • State Endorsing Does Not License or Certify:  Applicants that are coming from a state that does not require licensure, registration or certification to practice respiratory care and are endorsing based upon their NBRC credentials, please submit a statement stating that the State from which you are endorsing does not require licensure, registration or certification. This statement must be signed and dated by the applicant.

AND

• NBRC Credential Report: Applicants, who are coming from a state that does not require licensure, registration or certification for respiratory care practitioners, must submit a NBRC credential report, sent directly to the Committee from the NBRC. A copy of your NBRC Certificate or score report is not acceptable. For more information regarding a credential report please contact the:

National Board of Respiratory Care, Inc.

18000 W. 105^th Street

Olathe, KS 66061-7543

Toll Free:      (888) 341-4811

Telephone:   (913) 895-4900

FAX:              (913) 895-4650

Web Site:      www.nbrc.org

Email:           nbrc-info@nbrc.org

Issuance of Temporary Permit: 

A temporary permit issued to an Examination applicant will only be valid for a period of six (6) months from the date of graduation. (Example: If you graduate on May 31, 2020 but do not apply for a temporary until June 15, 2020 you will only be granted a temporary permit from June 15, 2020 until November 30, 2020.) Temporary permits will automatically expire, without further action by the Committee, on the date of expiration.
 

A temporary permit issued to an Endorsement applicant will be valid for a period of six (6) months from the date of issuance.

Renewal of Temporary Permit: If the applicant fails to take the examination within the six (6) month period and presents an explanation to the Committee in writing, which shows good cause for not taking the examination, the Committee may allow the applicant to renew their temporary permit. The Committee will review all requests on a case-by-case basis.  The fee for renewal of a temporary permit is $10.00.

Application Information

• IPLA Address/Phone Number/Fax/Email/Website:

Indiana Professional Licensing Agency

ATTN:  Respiratory Care Committee

402 W. Washington Street, Room W072

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Staff Phone:           (317) 234-8800

FAX:  (317) 233-4236

Staff Email: pla14@pla.in.gov

Web Site:   www.in.gov/pla/rcp.htm

• Basis for Licensure

Examination:  Applicants who are applying to take the NBRC examination or have recently taken the examination.

Endorsement:  Applicants who are licensed or certified in another state or coming from a state that does not license or certify respiratory care practitioners but the applicant is certified by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).

Credentials:  Applicants who are applying for licensure based upon their NBRC Credential only. Applicants may not apply based upon their NBRC credentials if they are licensed or certified in another state or are coming from a state that does not license or certify respiratory care practitioners.

• Examination Applicants – Certification of Graduation: Applicants who have the school or program submit a letter as proof of graduation to the Committee to issue a temporary permit, must have the school or program submit an official transcript, directly to our office from the school or program, certifying the degree earned prior to the issuance of a respiratory care license.
• Waiver of Educational Requirements:  Applicants who have not completed a program of respiratory therapy may be considered for licensure by submitting a request along with a detailed list of the places that the applicant has engaged in the practice of respiratory therapy under the supervision of a physician for at least ten (10) of the previous fifteen (15) years preceding the date of application. Please list the dates of practice, location, responsibilities and that you were under the supervision of a physician.
• Transcripts, Verification of Graduation, Examination Score Reports & State Verifications Must Be Sent Directly from Each Entity:  The Committee will not be able to accept any transcripts, verification of graduation, examination score reports or state verifications directly from the applicant. All transcripts, verification of graduation, examination score reports and state verifications must be sent directly from those entities.
• Issuance of License:  Upon issuance of your license by the Committee, you will be sent an email notifying you that your license or temporary permit has been issued. There will be instructions on how to purchase a blue license card to be mailed to you or how to download a free license card for immediate printing. You may log in to confirm issuance here.
• License Expiration and Continuing Education: All respiratory care practitioners’ licenses expire on December 31^st of even numbered years. Practitioners are required to have completed fifteen (15) hours of continuing education per renewal period.

Continuing education is not required for the year in which the initial license was issued. Therefore, a person who was issued an original respiratory care license between the dates of January 1 and December 31 of an odd numbered year are only required to complete seven and one half (7.5) hours of continuing education for the first renewal. A person who is issued an original respiratory care license after January 1 of even numbered years is not required to complete continuing education for the first renewal.
 

Information regarding the continuing education requirement is available at the   Committee’s website at www.in.gov/pla/rcp.htm. Or you may contact our office by calling (317) 234-8801 or by email at pla14@pla.in.gov.
 

Continuing Education Requirements 

Statutes and Administrative Rules