Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) A licensed perfusionist, including a
perfusionist holding a temporary graduate license or a temporary provisional
license, is subject to disciplinary action under section 41 of the act
(63
P. S. §
422.41). Following a final
determination subject to the right of notice, hearing and adjudication and the
right of appeal in accordance with 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501-508 and 701-704
(relating to Administrative Agency Law), the Board may impose a corrective
action in section 42 of the act (63 P. S. §
422.42).
(b) Unprofessional conduct includes:
(1) Engaging in conduct prohibited under
§
16.110 (relating to sexual
misconduct).
(2) Performing an act
in a health care profession in a fraudulent, incompetent or negligent
manner.
(3) Violating a provision
of the act or this chapter setting a standard of professional
conduct.
(4) Engaging in health
care practice beyond the licensee's authority to practice.
(5) Representing oneself to be a physician,
physician assistant, certified registered nurse practitioner or other health
care practitioner whose profession the perfusionist is not licensed to
practice.
(6) Practicing while the
licensee's ability to do so is impaired by alcohol, drugs, physical disability
or mental instability.
(7)
Revealing personally identifiable facts obtained as the result of a
practitioner-patient relationship without the prior consent of the patient,
except as authorized or required under statute or regulation.
(8) Failing to provide supervision as
required under section 13.3(e)(2) of the act (63 P. S. §
422.13c(e)(2)) of a
perfusion student or failing to provide supervision as required under section
13.3(e)(3) of the act of a perfusion graduate who is not otherwise licensed by
the Board to perform perfusion in this Commonwealth.
(c) Immoral conduct includes:
(1) Misrepresenting or concealing a material
fact in obtaining a license issued by the Board or renewal, reactivation or
reinstatement thereof.
(2) Being
convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption in the
courts of the Commonwealth, the United States, another state, the District of
Columbia, a territory of the United States or another country.
(3) Committing an act involving moral
turpitude, dishonesty or corruption.
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
18.603 (relating to application
for perfusionist license); 49 Pa. Code §
18.604 (relating to application
for temporary graduate perfusionist license); and 49 Pa. Code §
18.605 (relating to application
for temporary provisional perfusionist
license).
