VA HB575

Authorizes Virginia to join the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, allowing licensed respiratory therapists to practice across member states without obtaining additional licenses in each state

Requires licensees to hold an active, unencumbered home state license and maintain National Board for Respiratory Care credentials, with no adverse actions within the previous two years

Establishes the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission as a joint government agency to administer the compact, maintain a data system of licensees, and promulgate binding rules

Provides special accommodations for active military members and their spouses, including exemption from Commission fees and flexibility in designating a home state

Preserves each state's regulatory authority to investigate complaints, take adverse actions against licensees, and enforce its own scope of practice requirements for respiratory therapists