§ 63-28-101. Short Title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act.”

§ 63-28-102. Chapter Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” means the board of medical examiners, created by chapter 6 of this title; “Committee” means the committee for clinical perfusion; “Division” means the division of health related boards; “Extracorporeal circulation” means the diversion of a patient’s blood through a heart-lung machine or a similar […]

§ 63-28-103. License Eligibility

A person is eligible to make application to the committee and receive a license if such person is actively engaged in the practice of perfusion consistent with this chapter and if such person, on January 1, 2000, has at least four (4) years’ experience, within the immediately preceding six (6) years, operating cardiopulmonary bypass systems […]

§ 63-28-104. Committee to Issue Licenses

The committee shall license by examination, or otherwise as provided in this chapter, all licensed clinical perfusionists in this state who meet the requirements of this chapter.

§ 63-28-105. Application — Qualification for Examination

A candidate for a license to practice as a licensed clinical perfusionist shall submit an application accompanied by the required fees. The committee shall prescribe the form of the application and the dates by which applications and fees must be received. To qualify for the licensing examination, the applicant shall have successfully completed a perfusion […]

§ 63-28-106. Competency Examination

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to qualify for a license, an applicant shall pass a competency examination. The examination shall be prepared or approved by the committee and administered to qualified applicants at least once each calendar year. The examination prescribed by the committee may be or may include the complete examinations given […]

§ 63-28-108. Provisional Licenses

A license as a provisional licensed clinical perfusionist may be issued by the committee to a person who has successfully completed an approved perfusion education program, has made application to sit for the licensure examination, and upon such person filing an application, paying of the application fee and submitting evidence satisfactory to the committee of […]

§ 63-28-109. Waiver of Examination and Educational Requirements

On receipt of an application and application fee, the committee may waive the examination and educational requirements for an applicant who at the time of application: Is appropriately licensed or certified by another state, territory or possession whose requirements for the license or certificate are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter, and such […]

§ 63-28-110. Unauthorized Use of Professional Title or Designation

A person may not engage in or offer to engage in perfusion for compensation or use the title or represent or imply that the person has the title of “licensed clinical perfusionist” or “provisional licensed clinical perfusionist” or use the letters “LCP” or “PLCP” and may not use any facsimile of such titles in any […]

§ 63-28-111. Persons Exempted From Compliance With This Chapter

This chapter shall not apply to: A person licensed as a health care professional in this state if: The person does not represent to the public, directly or indirectly, that the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter, and does not use any name, title or designation indicating that the person is licensed pursuant to […]

§ 63-28-112. Committee Members — Term of Office — Compensation — Removal

To assist the board of medical examiners in the performance of its duties, there is hereby established the committee for clinical perfusionists, composed of seven (7) members who are each appointed by the governor. The committee shall approve the examination required by this chapter. The chair of the committee shall be a perfusionist. The committee […]

§ 63-28-113. Committee Chair and Vice Chair — Meetings — Quorum

Not later than thirty (30) days after the governor appoints the initial members of the committee and annually thereafter, the committee shall meet and elect one (1) of its members as chair and one (1) of its members as vice chair. The committee shall meet annually or at any other time if called by the […]

§ 63-28-114. Committee Powers and Duties

The committee shall: Adopt and publish a code of ethics; Establish the qualifications and fitness of applicants for licenses, renewal of licenses and reciprocal licenses; Establish the grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial of a license; Establish the grounds for placing on probation a holder of a license; Establish the categories of fees and the […]

§ 63-28-115. Complaints

The committee shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the committee. The committee’s information file shall be kept current and contain a record for each complaint of: All persons contacted in relation to the complaint; A summary of findings made at each step of the complaint process; An explanation of the legal […]

§ 63-28-116. Rules for Complaint Investigation — Disposal of Complaints

The committee shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, concerning the investigation of a complaint filed with the committee. The rules adopted pursuant to this section shall: Distinguish between categories of complaints; Ensure that complaints are not dismissed without appropriate consideration; Require that the board be […]

§ 63-28-117. Revocation or Suspension of Licenses — Probation of Licensees

The committee shall revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder if there is proof of: Any violation of this chapter; Any violation of a rule or code of ethics adopted by the committee; or Unprofessional conduct, which includes, but is not limited […]

§ 63-28-118. Administrative Rules

The committee may promulgate administrative rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to administer this chapter.