The AARC publishes position statements to promote patient safety, quality care, access to respiratory therapy, and cost control.
Current Position Statements
- AARC Statement of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- Administration of Sedative and Analgesic Medications for Procedural Sedation by Respiratory Therapists
- Best Practices in Respiratory Care Productivity and Staffing
- Best Practices in Respiratory Care Productivity and Staffing: Value-Efficiency
- Competency Requirements for the Provision of Respiratory Therapy Services
- Continuing Education
- Definition of Respiratory Care
- Delivery of Respiratory Therapy Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities Providing Ventilator and/or High Acuity Respiratory Care
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Entry Requirements to Respiratory Therapy Practice:
2030 and Thereafter - Electronic Cigarette
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Home Respiratory Care Services
- Insertion and Maintenance of Arterial Lines by Respiratory Therapists
- Insertion and Maintenance of Vascular Catheters by Respiratory Therapists
- Interstate Transport License Exemption
- Licensure of Respiratory Care Personnel
- Pre-Hospital Ventilator Management Competency
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Care Scope of Practice
- Respiratory Therapist Education
- Respiratory Therapists as Cardiopulmonary Care Managers
- Respiratory Therapists as Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Specialists
- Respiratory Therapists in the Emergency Setting
- Respiratory Therapy Protocols
- Telehealth and Respiratory Therapy
- Tobacco Use Control and Inhaled Controlled Substances
- Transport of the Mechanically Ventilated, Critically Injured or Ill, Neonate, Child or Adult Patient
Retired Position Statements
- Age Appropriate Care of the Respiratory Patient
- Clustering of Ancillary Services
- Concurrent Therapy
- Development of Baccalaureate and Graduate Education Degrees
- Expanded Practice Education for Respiratory Therapist
- Fraudulent Practices in Respiratory Care
- Guidance Document on Scope of Practice
- Hazardous Materials Exposure
- Inhaled Medication Administration Schedules
- Medical Direction for Respiratory Care Services Provided Outside of the Hospital
- Respiratory Therapy Education
- Role Model Statement
- The Role of the Respiratory Care Practitioner in the Provision of Respiratory Care Services in the Hospitals and Alternate Sites Scope of Practice
- Statement of Principles
- Verbal/Telephone Orders
