Regulation .03 Perfusion Advisory Committee.
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A.
The Board shall appoint members of the Committee as follows:
(1)
Three individuals who are licensed perfusionists-advanced and who:
(a)
Are certified by a National Certifying Board; and
(b)
Have a minimum of 2 years of perfusion experience.
(2)
Three physicians, at least one of whom:
(a)
Performs cardiac or cardio-thoracic surgery; or
(b)
Is a cardiac or cardio-thoracic anesthesiologist; and
(3)
One consumer member who:
(a)
Shall be a member of the general public; and
(b)
May not:
(i)
Practice, or ever have practiced perfusion, or any other health care profession;
(ii)
Be, or ever have been, in training to practice perfusion or any other health care profession;
(iii)
Have a household member who is a health care professional or is in training to be a health care professional;
(iv)
Participate, or ever have participated, in a commercial or professional field related to perfusion;
(v)
Have a household member who participates in a commercial or professional field related to perfusion;
(vi)
Have had, within 2 years before appointment, a financial interest in a person regulated by the Board; or
(vii)
Have had, within 2 years of appointment, a financial interest in the provision of goods or services to perfusionists or to the field of perfusion.
B.
Chair.
(1)
The Committee shall elect a chair from among its members.
(2)
The chair shall serve for 2 years.
C.
Tenure.
(1)
The term of a member is 3 years.
(2)
The terms of the members are staggered.
(3)
At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(4)
An individual may be reappointed for a second 3-year term, but the individual may not serve more than two consecutive 3-year terms.
(5)
The terms of the initial members of the Perfusion Advisory Committee shall expire as follows:
(a)
Two members in 2013;
(b)
Two members in 2014; and
(c)
Three members in 2015.
D.
Vacancy.
(1)
If a vacancy occurs, the Board shall appoint a new member to serve.
(2)
The successor member shall only serve for the remainder of the term, unless reappointed.
E.
Quorum.
(1)
A majority of the members then serving on the Committee is a quorum.
(2)
Business may not be conducted at a Committee meeting unless there is a quorum.
F.
The Committee shall develop and make recommendations to the Board in any matter related to regulating the practice of perfusion in the State.
G.
The Board shall:
(1)
Consider all recommendations of the Committee; and
(2)
Provide the Committee with an annual report on disciplinary matters involving licensees.