# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 32 — Board of Physicians

### Chapter 20 — Licensure of Perfusionists

#### Regulation .03 Perfusion Advisory Committee.

*COMAR 10.32.20.03*

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.