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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina creates advanced respiratory care practitioner license and updates Board requirements under HB 71
Last action · April 3, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action)Sponsors: Ben Moss and 9 others
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 71 establishes a new advanced respiratory care practitioner license, reorganizes the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board, and mandates criminal history checks for applicants starting October 1, 2025. The legislation sets educational prerequisites, examination rules, and fee caps while making certain investigative files confidential.
Respiratory care professionals face new postgraduate education, examination, and criminal background check mandates to obtain or renew licenses, while the governing Board gains explicit authority to discipline members and inspect records.
- House Bill 71 revises North Carolina's statutory framework governing respiratory therapy professionals in response to healthcare demands highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Respiratory care practitioners
Practitioners must meet updated educational, credentialing, and fingerprint-based background check requirements to obtain or maintain licensure.
Advanced respiratory care practitioners
A new licensing category is established, allowing qualified practitioners to perform advanced procedures under physician supervision.
North Carolina Respiratory Care Board
The Board is restructured to 10 members, gains authority to adopt rules, conduct background checks, and manage confidential investigative records.
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Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 3, 2025SenateRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Apr 3, 2025SenatePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 3, 2025SenateRegular Message Received From House
- Apr 2, 2025HouseRegular Message Sent To Senate
- Apr 1, 2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
- Apr 1, 2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
Show 10 earlier actions
- Mar 31, 2025HousePlaced On Cal For 04/01/2025
- Mar 31, 2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- Mar 31, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Mar 18, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 18, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Mar 11, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Regulatory Reform
- Mar 11, 2025HouseReptd Fav Com Substitute
- Feb 11, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Health, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Feb 11, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Feb 6, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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