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I'm not sure it would matter, because so many of us do it ourselves and never see a technician, sleep specialist or laboratory. There are many routes to getting 'set up' and a lot do not involve licensed people. I suppose you could call a lab or ask your doctor if it's important to you. If you'd like help doing it, we can talk you through it, but it would be important that you have a prescription for a particular type of machine amd settings, though if you don't and can't get one from a doctor - presuming you had an in-lab vs in-home study, we could tell you how to go about testing with an Apap machine and how to get one.

R Mahon wrote:In the state of MS do you have to have a licensed RT to set up Cpap and Bipap.

I'll bet you were told that by your RT.

A patient or a family member is by default allowed to do this,
since the "licensed professionals" are rarely available 24-7.
Generally, the law stops at the pharmacy exit;
{{{unless you are planning to sell grandma's unused propoxyphene online.}}}

R Mahon wrote:In the state of MS do you have to have a licensed RT to set up Cpap and Bipap.

Not for your own machine, but if it's someone else's, then (technically/legally) yes you do.


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Here in Utah, you do not need to be a RT to set up CPAP or BiPAP in the home, unless that therapy is being provided with a ventilator like a Trilogy. My daughter is on the Trilogy for CPAP (non-invasive) and they had to find an RT to do the setup at our house because of it.