Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1335 - PERFUSIONIST PRACTICE ACT
Section 1335.10 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 68 IL Admin Code ยง 1335.10
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

"Act" means the Perfusionist Practice Act [225 ILCS 125 ].

"Board" means the Board of Perfusion.

"Department" means the Department of Professional Regulation.

"Perfusionist" means a person qualified, by academic and clinical education, to operate the extracorporeal circulation equipment during any medical situation where it is necessary to support or replace a person's cardiopulmonary, circulatory, or respiratory function. A perfusionist is responsible for the selection of appropriate equipment and techniques necessary for support, treatment, measurement, or supplementation of the cardiopulmonary and circulatory system of a patient, including the safe monitoring, analysis, and treatment of physiologic conditions under an order and under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches and in coordination with a registered professional nurse. (Section 10 of the Act)

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