About the Office

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About the Office

For more detailed information, you may want to review the Division of Registrations Budget Narrative, which includes the following:

Division Description and General Information
Trends/Environmental Scan
Critical Issues
Program Functions and Business Activities
Workload Measures

Funding Sources

Pursuant to Colorado law, the Office of Respiratory Therapy Licensure is cash-funded from fees paid by applicants.

Fee amounts are established annually for the purpose of covering direct and indirect costs incurred by the Division of Registrations for licensing and enforcement.

Expenditures and Revenues are not always equal. Revenue needs and fee amounts are based on estimated expenses and numbers of revenue payers. These estimates may vary from actual expenses and numbers of payers. Revenue collected that exceeds expenditures remains with the agency and is considered when calculating total revenue needed for the following year.

The following table displays the amount of revenue generated and the amount of expenditures for the Office of Respiratory Therapy Licensure for fiscal years 03-04 and 04-05 and an estimate for fiscal year 05-06.

	Revenue	Expenditures
FY 05-06 Actual	$000,000	$000,000
FY 06-07 Actual	$000,000	$000,000
FY 07-08 Estimate	$000,000	$000,000

The following pie chart shows the source of revenue for fiscal year 05-06.

Estimated Revenues Fiscal Year 2004-2005: $69,064
(99% Professional and Occupational Licenses; 1% Miscellaneous)

The following pie chart shows the expenditures for fiscal year 05-06.

Estimated Expenditures Fiscal Year 2004-2005: $78,899
(60% Licensing; 30% Communication; 10% Enforcement)

Trends

Licensure of respiratory therapists began in 2000.

To date, Respiratory Therapy Licensure has issued 1,988 licenses.

In 2004, the office licensed 187 respiratory therapists.