Requirements for licensure

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed clinical perfusionist shall meet the following requirements: (1) Be at least 21 years of age; (2) Submit a completed application required by the board; (3) Submit any fees required by the board; (4) Have successfully completed a perfusion education program approved by the board, which program has educational standards at least as stringent as programs approved by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) prior to 1994 or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or its successor; (5) Pass a competency examination prepared or approved by the board and administered to qualified applicants at least once each calendar year, which examination may be or may include the complete examination given by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP) or its successor; and (6) Have met such other requirements as may be prescribed by the board. (b) The executive director, with the approval of the chairperson of the board, may in his or her discretion issue a temporary license to an applicant, which license shall have the same force and effect as a permanent license until the next regular meeting of the board at which time the temporary license shall become void. History. — Code 1981, § 43-34-173, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 652, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509. 184 43-34-174 PHYSICIANS, ASSISTANTS, & OTHERS 43-34-175 43-34-174. License to be property of board; display of license; surrender of license; renewal; expired license. (a) A license is not the property of the holder but is the property of the board. A license to practice perfusion shall be valid for two years. The board may provide that licenses expire on various dates. A person may renew an unexpired license by submitting proof of compliance with the continuing professional education requirements prescribed by the board and paying the required renewal fee to the board before the expiration date of the license. (b) The license holder shall: (1) Display the license in an appropriate and public manner; or (2) Maintain on file at all times during which the license holder provides services in a health care facility a true and correct copy of the license certificate in the appropriate records of the facility and keep the board informed of any change of address. (c) A license issued by the board is the property of the board and shall be surrendered on demand. (d) Each person licensed under this article shall be responsible for renewing his or her license before the expiration date. (e) If a person’s license has been expired for not more than three months, the person may renew the license by submitting proof, satisfactory to the board, of compliance with the continuing professional education requirements prescribed by the board and any penalty fee prescribed by the board. (f ) If a person’s license has been expired for more than three months, the person may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by complying with the current requirements and procedures for obtaining a license. History. — Code 1981, § 43-34-174, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 652, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509; Ga. L. 2011, p. 779, § 1F/SB 100. 43-34-175. Issuance of provisional licensed clinical perfusionist license; supervision of licensee; renewal; revocation. (a) A license as a provisional licensed clinical perfusionist may be issued by the board to a person who submits to the board evidence of having successfully completed an approved perfusion education program required for licensure under Code Section 43-34-173 and upon the filing of an application and payment of the application fee. (b) A provisional licensed clinical perfusionist shall be under the supervision and direction of a licensed clinical perfusionist at all times 185 43-34-177 during which the provisional licensed clinical perfusionist performs perfusion. The board may promulgate rules governing such supervision and direction but shall not require the immediate physical presence of the supervising licensed clinical perfusionist. (c) A provisional license shall be valid for two years from the date it is issued and may not be renewed. The provisional licensee must comply with all of the requirements for licensure under Code Section 43-34-173 prior to the expiration of the two-year provisional license period. A provisional licensee may submit an application for licensure as a licensed clinical perfusionist once he or she has complied with all of the requirements for licensure under Code Section 43-34-173. (d) If a person fails to meet the requirements for licensure under Code Section 43-34-173 on or before the expiration of the two-year provisional license period, such person’s provisional license shall be automatically revoked and surrendered to the board. History. — Code 1981, § 43-34-175, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 652, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 581, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509. 43-34-176. Requirements for waiver of examination and educational requirements.