2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 - Professions and Occupations
RS 37:1340 - Advisory Committee on Perfusion; duties

§1340. Advisory Committee on Perfusion; duties

Under the authority of the Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, the committee shall:

(1) Establish a code of ethics.

(2) Establish the qualifications and fitness of applicants for licenses, renewal of licenses, and reciprocal licenses.

(3) Establish the revocation, suspension, or denial of a license, probate a license suspension, or reprimand a license holder for a violation of this Part, the code of ethics, or the rules of the board.

(4) Establish the categories of fees and the amount of fees that may be imposed in connection with a license.

(5) Establish continuing professional education requirements for licensed perfusionists and provisional licensed perfusionists under this Part, the standards of which shall be at least as stringent as the didactic requirements established by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion or its successor agency, and shall:

(a) Establish the minimum amount of continuing education required to renew a license under this Part.

(b) Develop a process to evaluate and approve continuing education courses.

(c) Identify the factors for the competent performance by a license holder of the license holder's professional duties.

(d) Develop a procedure to assess a license holder's participation in continuing education programs.

(6) Assist in such other matters dealing with perfusion as the board in its discretion may direct.

Acts 2003, No. 811, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.