# Tex. Occupations Code § 604.003: EFFECT OF CHAPTER

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.003

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Occupations Code § 604.003
- **Heading:** EFFECT OF CHAPTER
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 604 / Section 604.003

## Text

This chapter does not prohibit:

(1) the practice of respiratory care as an integral part of the program of study by a student enrolled in a respiratory care education program approved by the advisory board;

(2) the employment by a health care facility of a person to deliver limited respiratory care support services under the supervision of another person who holds a certificate issued under this chapter, if the person delivering the services does not perform an invasive procedure related to critical respiratory care, including a therapeutic, diagnostic, or palliative procedure, as part of the person's employment and if that person:

(A) is enrolled for credit in the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program; or

(B) has completed all of the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program within the preceding 12 months and is actively pursuing a course of study leading to graduation from the program;

(3) the care of an ill person provided without charge by a friend or family member;

(4) care provided in an emergency by a person who does not claim to be a respiratory care practitioner;

(5) the performance by a respiratory care practitioner of an advance in the art and techniques of respiratory care learned through formal or specialized training;

(6) the practice of respiratory care by health care personnel who have been formally trained in the care used and who are:

(A) licensed under the law regulating their professions; or

(B) acting under the delegated authority of a licensed physician;

(7) the practice of a legally qualified respiratory care practitioner who is discharging the practitioner's official duties as an employee of the United States government; or

(8) the practice by a person of a profession or occupation for which the person is licensed, registered, or certified under another law of this state.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.001 § 604.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.001.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.002 § 604.002.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.002.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.003 § 604.003. EFFECT OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.003.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.021 § 604.021. TEXAS BOARD OF RESPIRATORY CARE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.021.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.022 § 604.022. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.022.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.023 § 604.023. MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.023.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.024 § 604.024. TERMS; VACANCIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.024.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.025 § 604.025. OFFICERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.025.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.026 § 604.026. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.026.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.027 § 604.027. PER DIEM.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.027.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.028 § 604.028. APPLICATION OF OPEN MEETINGS, OPEN RECORDS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAWS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.028.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.029 § 604.029. MEETINGS; QUORUM REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.029.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.030 § 604.030. TRAINING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.030.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 604.052 § 604.052. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF ADVISORY BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C604_S604.052.md)

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