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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
311.878 Application for certification -- Eligibility.
Download pdfset by the board. (2) To be eligible for a certificate a person shall: (a) Hold and maintain certification by one (1) of the following: 1. The National Surgical Assistant Association; or 2. The Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist; (b) Document one (1) of the following: 1. Graduation from a program approved by the Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP); or 2. Graduation from a United States Military program that emphasizes
surgical assisting; and (c) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board the completion of full-time work experience performed in this country under the direct supervision of a
physician licensed in this country and consisting of at least eight hundred
(800) hours of performance as an assistant in surgical procedures for the three
(3) years preceding the date of the application. Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 7, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 8, effective July 13, 2004.
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