Sec. 10.1. (a) The committee shall issue a temporary permit to a person to practice respiratory care or to profess to be a respiratory care practitioner, not more than thirty (30) days after the application is filed and completed, if the person pays a fee and:
(1) has:
(A) a valid license or certificate to practice from another state; and
(B) applied for a license from the committee;
(2) is practicing in a state that does not license or certify respiratory care practitioners but is credentialed by a national respiratory care practitioner association approved by the committee, and the person has applied for a license from the committee; or
(3) has:
(A) been approved by the committee to take the next examination; and
(B) graduated from a school or program approved by the committee.
(b) A temporary permit expires the earlier of:
(1) the date the person holding the permit is issued a license under this article; or
(2) the date the committee disapproves the person's license application.
(c) The committee may renew a temporary permit if the person holding the permit was scheduled to take the next examination and:
(1) did not take the examination; and
(2) shows good cause for not taking the examination.
(d) A permit renewed under subsection (c) expires on the date the person holding the permit receives the results from the next examination given after the permit was issued.