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TN Code § 63-28-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of medical examiners, created by chapter 6 of this title;   “Committee” means the committee for clinical perfusion;   “Division” means the division of health related boards;   “Extracorporeal circulation” means the diversion of a patient's blood through a heart-lung machine or a similar device that assumes the functions of the patient's heart, lungs, kidneys, liver or other organs;   “Licensed clinical perfusionist” means a person licensed pursuant to this chapter;   “Perfusion” means the functions necessary for the support, treatment, measurement or supplementation of the cardiovascular, circulatory or respiratory systems, or other organs, or a combination of such activities, and to ensure the safe management of physiologic functions by monitoring and analyzing the parameters of the systems under an order and under the supervision of a licensed physician, including:  The use of extracorporeal circulation, long-term cardiopulmonary support techniques including extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and associated therapeutic and diagnostic technologies;   Counterpulsation, ventricular assistance, autotransfusion, blood conservation techniques, myocardial and organ preservation, extracorporeal life support and isolated limb perfusion;   The use of techniques involving blood management, advanced life support and other related functions; and   In the performance of the acts described in this subdivision (6), the administration of:   Pharmacological and therapeutic agents; or   Blood products or anesthetic agents through the extracorporeal circuit or through an intravenous line as ordered by a physician;     The performance and use of:   Anticoagulation monitoring and analysis;   Physiologic monitoring and analysis;   Blood gas and chemistry monitoring and analysis;   Hematological monitoring and analysis;   Hypothermia and hyperthermia;   Hemoconcentration and hemodilution; and   Hemodialysis; and     The observation of signs and symptoms related to perfusion services, the determination of whether the signs and symptoms exhibit abnormal characteristics and the implementation of appropriate reporting, clinical perfusion protocols or changes in, or the initiation of, emergency procedures;     “Perfusion protocols” means perfusion-related policies and protocols developed or approved by a licensed health care facility or a physician through collaboration with administrators, licensed clinical perfusionists and other health care professionals; and   “Provisional licensed clinical perfusionist” means a person provisionally licensed pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 63-28-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-103. License Eligibility

 A person is eligible to make application to the committee and receive a license if such person is actively engaged in the practice of perfusion consistent with this chapter and if such person, on January 1, 2000, has at least four (4) years' experience, within the immediately preceding six (6) years, operating cardiopulmonary bypass systems during cardiac surgical cases in a licensed health care facility as the person's primary function.
TN Code § 63-28-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-104. Committee to Issue Licenses

 The committee shall license by examination, or otherwise as provided in this chapter, all licensed clinical perfusionists in this state who meet the requirements of this chapter.
TN Code § 63-28-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-105. Application — Qualification for Examination

  A candidate for a license to practice as a licensed clinical perfusionist shall submit an application accompanied by the required fees. The committee shall prescribe the form of the application and the dates by which applications and fees must be received.   To qualify for the licensing examination, the applicant shall have successfully completed a perfusion education program approved by the committee. In approving perfusion education programs necessary for qualification for licensing examination, the committee shall approve only a program that has education standards established by the accreditation committee for perfusion education and approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or its successor.
TN Code § 63-28-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-106. Competency Examination

  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to qualify for a license, an applicant shall pass a competency examination. The examination shall be prepared or approved by the committee and administered to qualified applicants at least once each calendar year. The examination prescribed by the committee may be or may include the complete examinations given by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP) or its successor organization.   Not later than forty-five (45) days after the date on which a licensing examination is administered, the division shall notify each examinee of the results of the examination.   The committee shall establish:  A limit on the number of times an applicant who fails an examination may retake the examination;   The requirements for reexamination; and   The amount of any reexamination fee.
TN Code § 63-28-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-108. Provisional Licenses

  A license as a provisional licensed clinical perfusionist may be issued by the committee to a person who has successfully completed an approved perfusion education program, has made application to sit for the licensure examination, and upon such person filing an application, paying of the application fee and submitting evidence satisfactory to the committee of the successful completion of the education requirements as provided in this chapter.   A provisional licensed clinical perfusionist shall be under the supervision and direction of a licensed clinical perfusionist at all times during which the provisional licensed clinical perfusionist performs perfusion. The committee may promulgate rules governing such supervision and direction. Such rules shall not require the immediate physical presence of the supervising licensed clinical perfusionist.   A provisional license shall be valid for one (1) year from the date it is issued and may be renewed by the same procedures established for the renewal of licenses pursuant to this chapter, if the application for renewal is signed by a supervising licensed clinical perfusionist.   If the person fails any portion of the licensure examination, such person shall surrender the person's provisional license to the committee.
TN Code § 63-28-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-109. Waiver of Examination and Educational Requirements

 On receipt of an application and application fee, the committee may waive the examination and educational requirements for an applicant who at the time of application:   Is appropriately licensed or certified by another state, territory or possession whose requirements for the license or certificate are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter, and such applicant is not under any restriction or encumbrance imposed by such state; or   Holds a current certificate as a certified clinical perfusionist issued by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, or its successor.
TN Code § 63-28-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-110. Unauthorized Use of Professional Title or Designation

  A person may not engage in or offer to engage in perfusion for compensation or use the title or represent or imply that the person has the title of “licensed clinical perfusionist” or “provisional licensed clinical perfusionist” or use the letters “LCP” or “PLCP” and may not use any facsimile of such titles in any manner to indicate or imply that the person is a licensed perfusionist or provisional licensed perfusionist unless the person holds an appropriate license issued pursuant to this chapter.   A person may not use the title or represent or imply that such person has the title of “certified clinical perfusionist” or use the letters “CCP” and may not use any facsimile of such title in any manner to indicate or imply that such person is a certified clinical perfusionist by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion unless the person holds a certificate as a certified clinical perfusionist issued by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion.   Any person who violates subsection (a) or (b) commits a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 63-28-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-111. Persons Exempted From Compliance With This Chapter

 This chapter shall not apply to:   A person licensed as a health care professional in this state if:  The person does not represent to the public, directly or indirectly, that the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter, and does not use any name, title or designation indicating that the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter; and   The person limits the person's acts or practice to the scope of practice authorized by the appropriate licensing agency;     A student enrolled in an accredited perfusion education program if the perfusion services performed are:  An integral part of the student's course of study; and   Performed under the direct supervision of a licensed clinical perfusionist assigned to supervise the student and who is on duty and immediately available in the assigned patient care area; or     The practice of any legally qualified perfusionist employed by the United States government while in the discharge of the person's official duties.
TN Code § 63-28-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-113. Committee Chair and Vice Chair — Meetings — Quorum

 Not later than thirty (30) days after the governor appoints the initial members of the committee and annually thereafter, the committee shall meet and elect one (1) of its members as chair and one (1) of its members as vice chair. The committee shall meet annually or at any other time if called by the chair or a majority of the committee. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
TN Code § 63-28-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-114. Committee Powers and Duties

  The committee shall:  Adopt and publish a code of ethics;   Establish the qualifications and fitness of applicants for licenses, renewal of licenses and reciprocal licenses;   Establish the grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial of a license;   Establish the grounds for placing on probation a holder of a license;   Establish the categories of fees and the amount of fees that may be imposed in connection with a license;   Establish continuing professional education requirements for licensed clinical perfusionists and provisional licensed clinical perfusionists, the standards of which shall be at least as stringent as those of the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion or its successor agency for the license holder's professional duties; and   Assist in such matters dealing with perfusion as the board may, in its discretion, direct.     Any actions taken under this section shall only be effective after adoption by a majority vote of the members of the committee. The board of medical examiners, by a majority vote of its members at the next board meeting at which administrative matters are considered, may rescind or supersede any action taken by the committee.
TN Code § 63-28-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-115. Complaints

  The committee shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the committee. The committee's information file shall be kept current and contain a record for each complaint of:  All persons contacted in relation to the complaint;   A summary of findings made at each step of the complaint process;   An explanation of the legal basis and reason for a complaint that is dismissed; and   Other relevant information.     If a written complaint is filed with the committee that the committee has authority to resolve, the committee at least as frequently as quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint shall notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an ongoing investigation.   The committee shall develop a form to standardize information concerning complaints made to the committee. The committee shall prescribe information to be provided to a person when the person files a complaint with the committee.   The committee shall provide reasonable assistance to a person who wishes to file a complaint with the committee.
TN Code § 63-28-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-116. Rules for Complaint Investigation — Disposal of Complaints

  The committee shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, concerning the investigation of a complaint filed with the committee. The rules adopted pursuant to this section shall:  Distinguish between categories of complaints;   Ensure that complaints are not dismissed without appropriate consideration;   Require that the board be advised of a complaint that is dismissed and that a letter be sent to the person who filed the complaint explaining the action taken on the dismissed complaint;   Ensure that the person who filed the complaint has an opportunity to explain the allegations made in the complaint; and   Prescribe guidelines concerning the categories of complaints that require the use of a private investigator and the procedures for the committee to obtain the services of a private investigator.     The committee shall dispose of all complaints in a timely manner.
TN Code § 63-28-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-117. Revocation or Suspension of Licenses — Probation of Licensees

  The committee shall revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder if there is proof of:  Any violation of this chapter;   Any violation of a rule or code of ethics adopted by the committee; or   Unprofessional conduct, which includes, but is not limited to:  Incompetence or gross negligence in carrying out usual perfusion functions;   A conviction of practicing perfusion without a license or a provisional license;   The use of advertising relating to perfusion in a way that violates state law;   Procuring a license or provisional license by fraud, misrepresentation or mistake;   Making or giving any false statement or information in connection with the application for a license or provisional license;   Conviction of a felony or of any offense substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a perfusionist, in which event the record of the conviction shall be conclusive evidence of such offense; or   Impersonating an applicant or acting as proxy for an applicant in any examination required pursuant to this chapter for the issuance of a license.       An action taken under this section shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the Fresh Start Act that are compiled in chapter 1, part 1 of this title.
TN Code § 63-28-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 28 - Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act|§ 63-28-118. Administrative Rules

 The committee may promulgate administrative rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to administer this chapter.
TN Code § 63-29-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 29 - Midwifery|§ 63-29-101. Findings of General Assembly

 The general assembly recognizes the need for a person to have the freedom to choose the manner, cost, and setting for giving birth. The general assembly finds that access to prenatal care and delivery services is limited by the inadequate number of providers of such services and that the practice of midwifery may help to reduce this shortage. The general assembly also recognizes the need for the safe and effective delivery of newborn babies and the health, safety, and welfare of their mothers in the delivery process. The general assembly, in the interest of public health, promotes the regulation of the practice of midwifery in this state for the purpose of protecting the health and welfare of women and infants. The general assembly recognizes that midwifery is a profession in its own right and that it is not the practice of medicine.
TN Code § 63-29-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 29 - Midwifery|§ 63-29-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:   “Antepartal” means occurring during pregnancy;   “Board” means the board of osteopathic examiners of the department of health to which the council of certified professional midwifery reports;   “Certified professional midwife (CPM)” means a person who has obtained national certification from the North American Registry of Midwives;   “Consultation” means exchange of information and advice regarding the client condition and indicated treatment with a physician;   “Council” means the council of certified professional midwifery;   “CPM-TN” means certified professional midwife in Tennessee. A “CPM-TN” must be certified to practice midwifery by the North American Registry of Midwives;   “Department” means the department of health;   “Intrapartal” means occurring during the process of giving birth;   “Midwife” means a person who is trained to give the necessary care and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the post-birth period, to conduct normal deliveries on the midwive's own responsibility and to care for the newly born infant. The midwife is able to recognize the warning signs of abnormal conditions requiring referral to and/or collaboration with a physician;   “Midwifery” means the practice of attending low-risk women during pregnancy, labor and the post-birth period with the informed consent of the mother. The scope of midwifery shall include comprehensive care of the pregnant woman during the antepartal phase, intrapartal phase, and postpartal phase, and application of emergency care when necessary;   “NARM” means the North American Registry of Midwives;   “Physician” means a person who is duly licensed in the state of Tennessee to practice medicine by the state board of medical examiners or to practice osteopathy by the board; and   “Postpartal” means occurring subsequent to birth.
TN Code § 63-29-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 29 - Midwifery|§ 63-29-103. Council Established

  There is hereby established a council of certified professional midwifery, which shall serve as a subcommittee of and report to the board.   The council members shall be appointed by the commissioner of health. The council shall consist of six (6) members.   Members shall be residents of Tennessee.   Members shall consist of three (3) certified professional midwives, one (1) consumer who has no direct or indirect affiliation with the midwifery profession or industry, one (1) certified nurse midwife, and one (1) physician.    Notwithstanding § 3-6-304 or any other law to the contrary, and in addition to all other requirements for membership on the council:  Any person registered as a lobbyist pursuant to the registration requirements of title 3, chapter 6 who is subsequently appointed or otherwise named as a member of the council shall terminate all employment and business association as a lobbyist with any entity whose business endeavors or professional activities are regulated by the council, prior to serving as a member of the council. This subdivision (e)(1)(A) shall apply to all persons appointed or otherwise named to the council after July 1, 2010;   No person who is a member of the council shall be permitted to register or otherwise serve as a lobbyist pursuant to title 3, chapter 6 for any entity whose business endeavors or professional activities are regulated by the council during such person's period of service as a member of the council. This subdivision (e)(1)(B) shall apply to all persons appointed or otherwise named to the council after July 1, 2010, and to all persons serving on the council on such date who are not registered as lobbyists; and   No person who serves as a member of the council shall be employed as a lobbyist by any entity whose business endeavors or professional activities are regulated by the council for one (1) year following the date such person's service on the council ends. This subdivision (e)(1)(C) shall apply to persons serving on the council as of July 1, 2010, and to persons appointed to the council subsequent to such date.     A person who violates this subsection (e) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in title 3, chapter 6.   The bureau of ethics and campaign finance is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this subsection (e). All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and in accordance with the procedure for initiating and proposing rules by the ethics commission to the bureau of ethics and campaign finance as prescribed in § 4-55-103.     Members of the council shall serve without pay. Members shall be entitled to reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses.
TN Code § 63-29-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 29 - Midwifery|§ 63-29-104. Members — Terms of Office

 The terms of office of the members of the council shall be staggered four-year terms. In making the initial appointments, the commissioner shall appoint four (4) members to four-year terms, three (3) members to three-year terms and two (2) members to two-year terms. All subsequent terms shall be for a period of four (4) years. No member shall be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
TN Code § 63-29-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 29 - Midwifery|§ 63-29-105. Removal of Council Member for Absenteeism

 When a council member is absent from three (3) consecutive meetings without excuse, that member shall be removed from office, and a new member shall be appointed by the commissioner of health. An absence shall be deemed excused if caused by a health problem or condition verified in writing by a physician, or by an accident or similar unforeseeable tragedy or event prior to or at the time of the next council meeting.