HAPPY RESPIRATORY CARE WEEK! 🫁💙
What better way to celebrate than by finally getting our Respiratory Therapist license tags!
Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen, from promotions to preorders, especially Howard Derrick for his diligence and commitment to seeing this project through. We appreciate all the time and effort he put into making our RT tags a reality!
We’re so excited to see these tags on the road across Mississippi! 🫁🚗
The Respiratory Care Interstate Compact (RCIC) is an interstate occupational licensure compact for respiratory therapists. There are approximately 130,000 licensed respiratory therapists in the United States. Licensees currently face significant barriers to providing services across state borders, even when they meet the qualifications to practice in another state. The Respiratory Care Interstate Compact will facilitate multistate practice by reducing unnecessary licensure burdens and improve public safety by enhancing state information sharing.
Harris Clay Anthony
We are saddened to announce that the MSRC has lost another great one. Harris Clay Anthony was one of the residents lost in the assisted living facility fire in Clinton last Tuesday. He was one of the first Respiratory Therapist Directors I met back in 1983 or ‘84. He left a lasting impression, showing me what I could aspire to become. He was at the Vicksburg Medical Center for 25 years. He also co-owned A&P Medical, a DME company with Wayne Prescott, another MSRC legend who was the RT Director at the other hospital in Vicksburg. After selling their DME business, Harris became an optician and operated that business until his retirement.
Please keep Harris and his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers in the coming days.
We made it......
Thanks for all your help...
Mississippi RT Car Tag Update
UPDATE on Specialty Car Tags for Mississippi Respiratory Therapists! Since July 2023, we’ve been working hard under Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.556 to secure a specialty license plate for Respiratory Therapists— WE FINALLY SUCCEEDED!
The tag applications and fees were hand-delivered to the Mississippi Department of Revenue this week after resolving a few initial issues and confirming all required documentation was in order.
The tags are expected to be ready in approximately 2.5 to 3 months for those that pre-purchased the tags. Afterwards, the tags will be available to the public. We’ll provide an update as soon as the state notifies us that they are available for pickup.
By purchasing a Mississippi Respiratory Therapist specialty tag, you’re directly supporting the Mississippi Society for Respiratory Care. A significant portion of the fee is directed to the Society to help fund education, advocacy, and programs that benefit respiratory therapists and the patients we serve across Mississippi. This not only provides meaningful financial support but also raises public awareness of the vital role respiratory therapists play in healthcare.
Soon, we’ll all be able to proudly display our support for respiratory therapists in Mississippi!
Thank you all for your support in making this happen!
Good Evening All. I know everyone is overly excited about receiving their MSRC personalized license plates. The tax collector’s office had to do an upgrade on their computer systems. This has delayed the process a little. I spoke to the Hinds Tax Collector today personally and he promised me our tags are a work in progress. He reminded me that they told us that it would be a couple months or so after we completed our obligations before we would began seeing the tags mailed out. He promised me that our tags are being addressed and they should begin mailing them out soon. I will keep you updated.
Howard Derrick
Past President MSRC
