Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-11-.12 - CONTINUING EDUCATION
All persons licensed as a clinical perfusionist must comply with the following continuing education rules as a prerequisite to licensure renewal.
(1) Continuing Education -
Hours Required
(a) All licensed clinical
perfusionists must complete fifteen (15) hours of continuing education in
courses approved by the Committee and Board every calendar year (January
1-December 31).
(b) Three (3) hours
of the fifteen (15) hour requirement must be ABCP Category I courses.
(c) Continuing education for new licensees -
For new licensees, submitting proof of successful completion of all education
and training requirements required for licensure in Tennessee, pursuant to Rule
0880-11-.05, shall be considered proof of sufficient preparatory education to
constitute continuing education credit for the calendar year in which such
education and training requirements were completed.
(d) The Committee and Board approve a course
for only the number of hours contained in the course. The approved hours of any
individual course will not be counted more than once in a calendar year toward
the required hourly total regardless of the number of times the course is
attended or completed by any individual.
(e) The Committee and/or Board may waive or
otherwise modify the requirements of this rule in cases where there is
retirement, or an illness, disability or other undue hardship that prevents a
licensee from obtaining the requisite number of continuing education hours.
Requests for waivers or modification must be sent in writing to the
Administrative Office prior to the expiration of the renewal period in which
the continuing education is due.
(2) Continuing Education - Proof of
Compliance
(a) The due date for completion of
the required continuing education is December 31st
of every calendar year.
(b) All
clinical perfusionists must, on the license renewal form, enter a signature,
electronic or otherwise, which indicates completion of the required continuing
education hours and that such hours were obtained during the applicable
calendar years.
(c) All clinical
perfusionists must retain independent documentation of completion of all
continuing education hours. This documentation must be retained for a period of
four (4) years from the end of the renewal period in which the continuing
education was acquired. This documentation must be produced for inspection and
verification, if requested in writing by the Division during its verification
process. Documentation verifying the licensed individual's completion of the
continuing education program(s) may consist of any one or more of the
following:
1. Certificates from the continuing
education program's sponsor, indicating the date, length in minutes awarded
(continuing education units must be converted to clock hours), program title,
licensed individual's name, license number and social security number;
or
2. An original letter on
official stationery from the continuing education program's sponsor indicating
date, length in minutes awarded (continuing education units must be converted
to clock hours), program title, licensed individual's name, license number and
social security number.
(d) If a person submits documentation for
continuing education that is not clearly identifiable as appropriate continuing
education, the Committee and/or Board will request a written description of the
education and how it applies to the practice as a clinical
perfusionist.
(3)
Acceptable continuing education - To be utilized for satisfaction of the
continuing education requirements of this rule, the continuing education
program must be approved in content, structure and format by either the ABCP,
the AMA or the TMA or any other AMA recognized medical specialty certification
organization. If the continuing education is not approved or sponsored by the
ABCP, the content and structure must be as strict as the standards utilized by
the ABCP in approving or sponsoring continuing education.
(4) Violations
(a) Any clinical perfusionist who falsely
attests to completion of the required hours of continuing education may be
subject to disciplinary action pursuant to Rule 0880-11-.15.
(b) Any clinical perfusionist who fails to
obtain the required continuing education hours may be subject to disciplinary
action pursuant to Rule 0880-11-.15 and may not be allowed to renew
licensure.
(c) Education hours
obtained as a result of compliance with the terms of Committee and/or Board
Orders in any disciplinary action shall not be credited toward the continuing
education hours required to be obtained in any calendar year.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-6-101, 63-28-107, 63-28-114, and 63-28-118.
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