2012 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act
Subchapter 2 - -- Perfusionists Advisory Committee
§ 17-104-203 - Authority.

(a) The Perfusionists Advisory Committee shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Health rules, regulations, and standards on matters relating to the licensure as a perfusionist and the standards of professional conduct for the licensees.

(b) Under the authority of the State Board of Health, the committee shall assist the board in carrying out the provisions of this chapter regarding the qualifications, examination, registration, regulation, and licensure of perfusionists.

(c) Under the authority of the State Board of Health, the committee shall:

(1) Recommend to the State Board of Health:

(A) A code of ethics for perfusionists;

(B) The qualifications and fitness of applicants for licensure, renewal of licenses, and reciprocity with other states;

(C) The procedure for the revocation, suspension, or denial of a license, the probating of a license suspension, or the reprimand of a licensee for a violation of this chapter, the code of ethics, or the regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health;

(D) The categories of fees and the amount of fees that may be imposed to obtain a license; and

(E) (i) Continuing professional education requirements and clinical activities for licensed perfusionists and provisional licensed perfusionists under this chapter, the standards of which shall be at least as strict as those of the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion existing on January 1, 2005.

(ii) The standards shall:

(a) Establish the minimum amount of continuing education and clinical activities required to renew a license under this chapter;

(b) Develop a process to evaluate and approve continuing education courses and clinical activities;

(c) Identify the factors for the competent performance by a licensee; and

(d) Develop a procedure to assess a licensee's participation in continuing education programs and clinical activities; and

(2) Assist in other matters dealing with perfusion as the State Board of Health may direct.