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Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy
P.O. Box 241386
Montgomery, AL 36124-1386

Phone: (334) 396-2332
Fax: (334) 396-2384

www.asbrt.alabama.gov
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 12 may be online.  See
AL site for all the guidelines.


ASRC Licensure Committee
Alaska Native Medical Center

250
Gambell
Anchorage
, AK 99501

Phone: (907) 279-6661

Requirements: No CE requirements


Arizona State Board of
Respiratory Care Examiners

1400 W. Washington, Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Phone: (602) 542-5995
Fax: (602) 542-5900

www.rb.state.az.us
email: recept@rb.state.az.us
Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See AZ site for all the guidelines.


Arkansas State Medical Board
Respiratory Care Examining Committee

2100 Riverfront Drive, Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72202

Phone: (501) 296-1802
Fax: (501) 296-1972

www.armedicalboard.org
email: mikkih@armedicalborg.org
Requirements: 12 contact hours each year; 12 may be online.  See AR site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Care Board of California
444 N. 3rd Street, Suite 270
Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 323-9983

Toll Free: (866) 375-0386
Fax: (916) 323-9999

www.rcb.ca.gov
email:
rcbinfo@dca.ca.gov
Requirements: 15 contact hours every 2 years; 15 may be online.  See CA site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Therapy Licensure
1560 Broadway Street, Suite 1350
Denver, CO 80202-5146

Phone: (303) 894-7800
Fax: (303) 894-7693

www.dora.state.co.us/respiratory-therapy
email:
RT@dora.state.co.us 
Requirements: No CE requirements


RCP Licensure
Department of Public Health

410 Capitol Ave., MS#12MQA,
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308

Phone: (860) 509-7603
Fax: (860) 509-8457

www.dph.state.ct.us
email: oplc.dph@po.state.ct.us
Requirements: Beginning 10.01.07, licensees shall either maintain credentialing as a RT by NBRC or earn a minimum of 6 hours continuing education within the previous one year period; 6 hours may be online.  See CT site for all the guidelines.


Division of Professional Regulation
Board of Medical Practice

861 Silver Lake Blvd., Suite 203
Dover, DE 19904-2467

Phone: (302) 744-4500
Fax: (302) 739-2711

www.dpr.delaware.gov

Email: Victoria.Hall@state.de.us

Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See the DE site for all the details.


 

Department of Health
Board of Respiratory Care

717 14th Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington D.C. 20005

Phone: (877) 672-2174

Toll Free 800-999-9442
Fax: (202) 727-8471

http://www.dchealth.dc.gov/prof_license/services/main.asp
Requirements: 16 contact hours every 2 years; 16 may be online.  A minimum of 3 hours of the total ce’s credits must be in ethics.  See DC site for all the guidelines.


 

Florida Board of Respiratory Care
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN# C05
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3255

Phone: (850) 245-4373

Fax: (850) 414-6860

www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa
email:
MQA_RespiratoryTherapy@doh.state.fl.us
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 12 may be online.  See FL site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Therapy Committee
Composite State Board of Medical Examiners
2 Peach Tree Street, N. W., 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone: (404) 463-2292

Fax: (404) 656-9723

www.medicalboard.georgia.gov
email: medbd@dch.state.ga.us
Requirements: 15 contact hours for 2006-2008 renewal cycle only; 15 may be online
Following renewal cycle will go to 30 hours.  See GA site for all the guidelines.


HSRC Licensure Committee
Kapiolani Community College, Health Science Dept.
4303 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816

Phone: (808) 734-9243
Fax: (808) 734-9126

www.kcc.hawaii.edu
email: wehrman@hawaii.edu
Requirements: No CE requirements


 

Allied Health Licensing
ID State Board of Medicine

P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0058

Phone: (208) 327-7000
Fax: (208) 327-7005

www.bom.state.id.us
email:  info@bom.state.id.us
Requirements: 12 contact hours every year before July 1st; 12 may be online.  See ID site for all the guidelines.


Illinois Department of Professional Regulations 
320 W. Washington, 3rd Floor
Springfield, IL 62786

Phone: (217) 785-0800
Fax: (217) 782-7645

www.dpr.state.il.us
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 24 may be online.  See IL site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Care Committee
Professional Licensing Agency

402 W. Washington St., Room W072

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: (317) 234-2054
Fax: (317) 233-4236

www.pla.IN.gov
email: pla8@pla.IN.gov

Requirements: 15 contact hours every 2 years; 7.5 may be online.  See IN site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Care Advisory Committee
Lucas State
Office Bldg.
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075

Phone: (515) 281-4287
Fax: (515) 281-3121

www.idph.state.ia.us/licensure
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 10 may be online.  See IA site for all the guidelines.


KS State Board of Healing Arts
235 South Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, KS 66603
-3068

Phone: (785) 296-7413
Fax: (785) 296-0852

www.ksbha.org
email: healer@ink.org
Requirements:
12 contact hours every year; 12 may be online-hours must be directly related to the field of Respiratory Therapy.  See KS site for all the guidelines.


Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care

Spindletop Administration Bldg.
2624 Research Park Drive, Suite 306

Lexington, KY 40511 

Phone: (859) 246-2747
Fax: (859) 246-2750

www.dbrc.ky.gov
email:
peggyl.moore@ky.gov
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 24 may be online. See KY site for all the guidelines.


Advisory Committee on Respiratory Care
Louisiana State Board of
Medical Examiners
P.O. Box 30250
New Orleans, LA 70130-0250 

Phone: (504) 568-6820 x 235
Fax: (504) 568-3176

www.lsbme.org
email: sbmever@lsbme.org
Requirements: 10 contact hours every year; 10 may be online, 6 must be in cardiopulmonary care.  See LA site for all the guidelines.


Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners
Dept. of Prof. & Financial Regulation, Office of Licensing &  Enforcement
35 State House
Augusta, ME 04333-0035

Phone: (207) 624-8600 
Fax: (207) 624-8637

www.maine.gov/professionallicensing
email:
voni.a.eames@maine.gov
Requirements: 15 contact hours every 2 years; 15 may be online See Rule Chapter 4


Board of Physician Quality Assurance
Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
4201 Patterson Ave
P.O. Box 2571
Baltimore, MD 21215-0095 

Phone: (410) 764-4777
Toll Free:800-492-6836
Fax: (410) 358-2252

www.mbp.state.md.us/pages/res_care.html
email: mbpmail@rcn.com
Requirements: 16 contact hours every 2 years; 16 may be online.  See MD site for all the guidelines.


Board of Respiratory Care
Division of Registration
239 Causeway Street, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: (617) 973-0806
Fax: (617) 973-0982

www.state.ma.us/dph/boards/rc
email: maura.drury@state.ma.us
Requirements: 15 contact hours every 2 years; 6 may be online.  See MA site for all the guidelines.


Bureau of Health Professions
Ottawa Building
 
611 W. Ottawa Street, 1st Floor

Lansing, MI 48933

Phone: (517) 335-0918

Fax: (517) 878-2179

www.michigan.gov/healthlicense

email: bhpinfo@michigan.gov

Requirements: No CE requirements.


 

Respiratory Care Practitioner Advisory Council
Minnesota Board of Medical Practice

University Park Palace
2829 University Ave., S.E., Ste. 500
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3246

Phone: (612) 617-2130
Fax: (612) 617-2166

www.bmp.state.mn.us
email: medical.board@state.mn.us
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 24 may be online.  See MN site for all the guidelines.


MS State Department of Health
Professional Licensure-Respiratory Care 
570 E. Woodrow Wilson
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700

 

Phone: (601) 364-7360

Fax: (601) 364-5057

www.msdh.state.ms.us/professional/index.htm

email: fsimkins@msdh.state.ms.us 
Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See MS site for all the guidelines.


 

State of MO Division of Professional Regulation
MO Board for Respiratory Care
3605 Missouri Blvd.
P.O. Box 1335
Jefferson City, MO 65102-1335

Phone: (573) 522-5864

www.pr.mo.gov/respiratorycare.asp
email: rcp@pr.mo.gov
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 12 may be online.  See MO site for all the guidelines.


Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners
Professional and Occupational Licensing
301 South Park, 4th Floor
Helena, MT 59602

Phone: (406) 841-2385

www.respcare.mt.gov
Requirements: 24 contact hours every 2 years; 24 may be online.  See MT site for all the guidelines.


NE Dept. of Health and Human Services
Regulation & Licensure Credentialing Division
301 Centennial Mall S.
14th & M Streets, 3rd Floor
Lincoln, NE 68509-4986

Phone: (402) 471-2299
Fax: (402) 471-3577

www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/rcs/resp/resp.htm
email: irene.eckman@hhss.state.ne.us 
Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See NE site for all the guidelines.


NV State Board of Medical Examiners
1105 Terminal Way, Ste. 301
Reno, NV 89502

Phone: (775) 688-2559 x223
Toll Free:888-890-8210
Fax: (775) 688-2321

www.state.nv.us/medical
email:  nsbme@medboard.nv.gov
Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online. 12 hours must be directly related to the practice of Respiratory care, and 2 of the twenty hours must be in ethics.  See NV site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Care Advisory Committee
Office of Licensed Allied Health Professionals
2 Industrial Park Drive, Suite 8
Concord, NH 03301
 

Phone: (603) 271-8389
Fax: (603) 271-6702

www.nh.gov/alliedhealth
email: abolduc@nhsa.state.nh.us
Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See NH site for all the guidelines.


State Board of Respiratory Care
Dept. of Law & Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 45031
Newark, NJ 07101

Phone: (973) 504-6485

www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical.htm#res14
Requirements: Effective 3.5.07, RCP will be required to obtain 15 CE’s for the cycle ending 3.31.08.  Thereafter, 30 CE’s will be required for each biennial cycle.  Please log on to www.njcomsumeraffairs.gov/medical/respcare.htm for additional information.


Respiratory Care Advisory Board
NM Registration & Licensing Dept. 
2550 Cerrillos Road
P.O. Box 25101
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Phone: (505) 476-4500
Fax: (505) 476-7095

www.rld.state.nm.us/b&c/rcb/index.htm
email: RespiratoryCareBd@state.nm.us

Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See NM site for all the guidelines.


 

NY State Education Department
Office of the Professions
State Board for Respiratory Therapy
89 Washington Avenue, Second Floor
Albany, NY 12234-1000

Phone: (518) 474-3817
Fax: (518) 474-3706

www.op.nysed.gov/rt.htm
email: opunit3@mail.nysed.gov
Requirements: 30 contact hours every 3 years for respiratory therapists;
24 contact hours every 3 years for respiratory therapy technicians;
Half of the required hours may be online.  See NY site for all the guidelines.


NCSRT Licensure Committee
NC Respiratory Care Board
1100 Navaho Drive, Suite 242
Raleigh, NC 27609

Phone: (919) 878-5595
Fax: (919) 878-5565

www.ncrcb.org/education.html
email: fboyer@ncrcb.org
Requirements: 12 contact hours every year effective 7.1.07; 12 may be online.  See NC site for all the guidelines.


ND State Board of Respiratory Care
P.O. Box 2223
Bismarck, ND 58502-2223

Phone: (701) 222-1564
Fax: (701) 224-9824

www.ndsbrc.com
email: ndsbrc@aptnd.com
Requirements: 10 contact hours every year; 10 may be online.  See ND site for all the guidelines.


Ohio Respiratory Care Board
77 S. High Street, 16th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Phone: (614) 752-9218
Fax: (614) 728-8691

www.state.oh.us/rsp
email: rcb.logsdon@rcb.state.oh.us
Requirements: 12 contact hours 2 years; 12 may be online. New rules being proposed check OH site for all the guidelines.


Oklahoma State Board of
Medical Licensure & Supervision
P.O. Box 18256
Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0256

Phone: (405) 848-6841
Toll Free:800-381-4519
Fax: (405) 848-8240

www.osbmls.state.ok.us
Requirements: 12 contact hours every 2 years; 12 may be online.  See OK site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Therapists Licensing Board
700 Summer St. NE, Suite 320
Salem, OR 97301
-1287

Phone: (503) 378-8667
Fax: (503) 370-9004

www.oregon.gov/ohla
email: hlo.info@state.or.us
Requirements: 15 contact hours every 2 years; 15 may be online.  See OR site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Care Licensure
Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649 

Phone: (717) 783-1400
Fax: (717) 787-7769

www.pacode.com/secure/data/049/chapter18/S18.309a.html
email:
ft-medicine@state.pa.us
Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 10 may be online.  See PA site for all the guidelines.


State Examining Board for Respiratory Care Tech.
P.O. Box 10200
Santurce, PR 00908

Phone: (787) 782-8989

Requirements: 30 contact hours


Rhode Island
Division of Health Services Regulation
Health Professions
3 Capitol Hill, Room 104
Providence, RI 02908 

Phone: (401) 222-2828
Fax: (401) 222-1272

www.healthri.org/hsr/professions/resp_care.htm
email: Donna.Dickerman@health.ri.gov
Requirements: 12 contact hours every 2 years; 12 may be online.  See RI site for all the guidelines.


 

Respiratory Care Committee
South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
110
Centreview Drive, Ste 202
Columbia, SC 29211-1289 

Phone: (803) 896-4500
Fax: (803) 896-4515

www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/medical
email: medboard@mail.llr.state.sc.us
Requirements: 30 contact hours every 2 years; 30 may be online.  See SC site for all the guidelines.


 


SD Board of Medical & Osteopathic Examiners
125 S. Main Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Phone: (605) 367-7781

Fax:  (605) 367-7786

www.state.sd.us/doh/medical
email: SDBMOE@state.sd.us

Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See SD site for all the guidelines.


Council for Respiratory Care
Tennessee Department of Health 
425 5th Ave.
North
Cordell
Hull Bldg., Third Floor
Nashville, TN 37247

Phone: (615) 532-5135
Toll Free: (888) 310-4650

www2.state.tn.us/health/boards/rc/index.htm
email: Diane.Denton@state.tn.us
Requirements: 10 contact hours every year; 10 may be online.  See TN site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Care Practitioners Certification Program
Texas Department of Health Services
1100 W. 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3183
 

Phone: (512) 834-6632
Fax: (512) 834-6677

www.dshs.state.tx.us/plc
email: resp@dshs.state.tx.us
Requirements: 24 contact hours every two years; 6 may be online.  See TX site for all the guidelines.


Respiratory Care Licensing Board
Division of Occupational & Professional Licensing
P.O. Box 146741
Salt Lake City, UT 84114

Phone: (801) 530-6628
Toll-free: (866) 275-3675
Fax: (801) 530-6511

www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/respiratory_care.html
Requirements: No CE requirements


Vermont Secretary of State Office of Professional Regulation
National Life Bldg., North FL2
Montpelier, VT 0
5620-3402

Phone: (802) 828-2191

www.vtprofessionals.org

Requirements: 12 contact hours every 2 years; 12 may be on-line.  See VT site for all the guidelines.


VA Advisory Board on Respiratory Care
 
VA Board of Medicine
6603 W. Broad Street, 5th Floor
Richmond, VA 23230-1712 

Phone: (804) 662-9908
Fax: (804) 662-9517

www.dhp.virginia.gov
email: medbd@dhp.virginia.gov
Requirements: Beginning in 2005, 20 contact hours every 2 years; 20 may be online.  See VA site for all the guidelines.


 

Department of Health
Respiratory Care Practitioners Program
P.O. Box 47869
Olympia, WA 98504-7869

Phone: (360) 236-4700
Fax: (360) 236-4818

www.leg.wa.gov/wac/index.cfm?fuseaction=chapterdigest&chapter=246-928
email: hpqa.csc@doh.wa.gov
Requirements: 30 contact hours every 2 years; 30 may be online.  See WA site for all the guidelines.


WV Board of Respiratory Care
106 Dee Drive, Suite 1
Charleston, WV 25311 

Phone: (304) 558-1382
Fax: (304) 558-1383

www.wv.gov/OffSite.aspx?u

=http://www.wvborc.org

email: massen@wvnet.edu
Requirements: 20 contact hours every 2 years; 10 may be online.  See WV site for all the guidelines.

 

Respiratory Care
Bureau of Health Professionals
1400 E. Washington Ave.
P.O. Box 8935
Madison WI 53708-8935

Phone: (608) 266-2811

www.drl.state.wi.us
email: web@drl.state.wi.us

Requirements: No CE requirements

 

WSRC Licensure Committee
Wyoming Medical Center
110 N. Washington Street
Casper, WY 82601 

Phone: (307) 777-7788

Fax: (307) 777-3508

www.wyoming.gov/governor/boards
email: vskora@state.wy.us
Requirements: 8 contact hours every year; 8 may be online; only 4 may be in CPR.  See WY site for all the guidelines.

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