§ 37:1340 — Advisory Committee on Perfusion; duties; powers

§1340. Advisory Committee on Perfusion; duties; powers
Under the authority of the Louisiana State 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.
(7) Have the authority to conduct and its members to attend and participate in a
meeting via electronic means in accordance with R.S. 42:17.3.

Legislative History

Acts 2003, No. 811, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3; Acts 2022, No. 408, §1.