022-6 Wyo. Code R. § 6-1
Respiratory Care is a changing and evolving profession and shall also include procedures described by the Clinical Practice Guidelines of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), and the duties consistent with the training and education of respiratory care personnel or related to the practice of respiratory care, as approved by the Board. Respiratory therapists are members of a team of health care professionals working under medical direction in a wide variety of clinical settings to evaluate, treat, and manage patients of all ages with respiratory illnesses and other cardiopulmonary disorders. As members of this team, respiratory therapists should exemplify the standards and ethics expected of all health care professionals. In addition to performing respiratory care procedures, respiratory therapists are involved in clinical decision-making and patient education. The scope of practice for respiratory therapy includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Acquiring and evaluating clinical data;
(b) Assessing the cardiopulmonary status of patients;
(c) Performing and assisting in the performance of prescribed diagnostic studies such as: obtaining blood samples, blood gas analysis, pulmonary function testing, polysomnography, and neurodiagnostics;
(d) Evaluating data to assess the appropriateness of prescribed respiratory care;
(e) Establishing therapeutic goals for patients with cardiopulmonary disease;
(f) Participating in the development and modification of respiratory care plans;
(g) Case management of patients with cardiopulmonary and related diseases;
(h) Initiating prescribed respiratory care treatments, evaluating and monitoring patient responses to such therapy and recommending modification of the prescribed therapy to achieve the desired therapeutic objectives;
(i) Initiating and conducting prescribed pulmonary rehabilitation;
(j) Providing education to patient, family, community, and allied health care professional;
(k) Promoting cardiopulmonary wellness, disease prevention, and disease management;
(l) Participating in life support activities as required; and
(m) Promoting evidence-based medicine; research; and clinical practice guidelines.
022-6 Wyo. Code R. § 6-1