Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org36843354.1-2956.01Exceptions to respiratory therapist’s licensure2026Professions and OccupationsProfessions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health ProfessionsMedicine and Other Healing ArtsLicensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts

The licensure requirements for respiratory therapists provided in this chapter shall not prohibit the practice of respiratory care as an integral part of a program of study by students enrolled in an accredited respiratory care education program approved by the Board. Any student enrolled in accredited respiratory care education programs shall be identified as “Student RT” and shall only deliver respiratory care under the direct supervision of an appropriate clinical instructor recognized by the education program.

1998, c. 557; 2015, c. 302.