Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Chapter 8 - Licensing of Clinical Perfusionists
Section 20 CSR 2150-8.140 - Continuing Professional Education
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule details the board's minimum requirements for continuing professional education.
(1) Each renewal period the licensee must be able to provide proof of current certification by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP) or its successor or provide proof of the following:
(2) Licensees are not required to complete any continuing professional education requirements in the calendar year in which the licensee is initially licensed to practice perfusion in Missouri if the licensee has not previously held a license to practice as a clinical perfusionist in Missouri or any other jurisdiction. The period for completion of the continuing professional education requirements shall be the twelve (12)-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of each renewal period. A licensee who has failed to obtain and report, in a timely fashion their continuing professional education shall not engage in the practice of perfusion unless an extension is obtained pursuant to section (5) of this rule.
(3) Each licensee shall certify by signature, under penalty of perjury, that s/he has completed the required units of continuing professional education on the renewal form.
(4) Each licensee shall retain records documenting completion of the continuing professional education requirements for a minimum of three (3) years after the reporting period in which the continuing professional education was completed. The board may conduct an audit of licensees to verify compliance with the continuing professional education requirement. Licensees shall assist the board in its audit by providing timely and complete responses to the board's inquiries.
(5) A licensee who cannot complete the continuing professional education requirements because of personal illness, military service or other circumstances beyond the licensee's control which the board deems to be sufficient to impose an insurmountable hardship may apply for an extension of time to complete the continuing professional education requirements. Any extension of time to complete the continuing professional education requirements will be granted solely in the discretion of the board. The licensee must make a written application for extension of time prior to the December 31 deadline for completion of the continuing professional education requirement. A processing fee of twenty dollars ($20) shall accompany the application for extension. The licensee shall provide full and complete written documentation of the grounds supporting the reasons for which an extension is sought. A licensee who requests an extension of time to complete the continuing professional education requirements shall not engage in the active practice of per-fusion unless the board grants the licensee's request for extension and the licensee receives express written authorization to engage in the active practice of perfusion.
(6) Violation of any provision of this rule shall be deemed by the board to constitute misconduct, fraud, misrepresentation, dishonesty, unethical conduct or unprofessional conduct in the performance of the functions or duties of a perfusionist depending on the licensee's conduct. In addition, a licensee who has failed to complete and report in a timely fashion the required units of continuing professional education and engages in the active practice of perfusion without the express written authority of the board shall be deemed to have engaged in the unauthorized practice of perfusion.
*Original authority: 324.144, RSMo 1997; 324.159, RSMo 1997; and 324.183, RSMo 1997.