Army Civilian Aquired Skills Program (ACASP)
To qualify for MOS: 91V20
Titled: Respiratory Specialist
With later appointment to: E5
The following criteria must be met:
a. Have graduated from an accredited program or a program holding a Letter of Review from the Joint Review Committee for Respiratory Therapy Education; or be certified as a Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care. (Phone (817) 283-2835 to validate accreditation/Letter of Review of training programs.) those who enlist more than years following graduation or certification must have been employed within the past 24 months in the respiratory therapy field and present a letter from their current or most recent respiratory therapy supervisor stating that they are competent.
b. Proficiency training must be performed under supervision of a Medical Corps Officer, a civilian Registered Respiratory Therapist or an NCO qualified in MOS 91V.
c. Persons enrolled in an approved program, having satisfactory academic standings, with reasonable assurance of successfully completing the course, may be enlisted in the DEP or USAR when they are within 6 months of graduation. Individuals must successfully complete the respiratory therapist course, receive State license, and satisfy training requirements of the ACASP to be qualified for the award of MOS 91V20 and accelerated appointment to pay grade E5. Failure to satisfy any of these requirements will result in MOS redesignation. Individual then would be required to complete appropriate training for award of redesignated MOS, and subsequent promotions above pay grade E3 will be under AR 140-158 or AR 600-8-19. (Entry grade for this MOS will be Specialist.)
Information from Army Regulation 601-210
