Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B8 - Board of Medicine › Chapter 64B8-31 - ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS › Section 64B8-31.007 - Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensure Renewal and Reactivation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) An anesthesiologist assistant must renew
				his licensure on a biennial basis. Upon request by the Board or Department, the
				licensee must submit satisfactory documentation of compliance with the
				requirements set forth below.
(2)
				Requirements for Renewal.
(a) Completion of
				the anesthesiologist assistant licensure renewal application on the appropriate
				form provided by the Department.
(b) Submission of a signed, sworn statement
				of no felony convictions in the previous two years.
(c) Submission of a written statement
				attesting to completion of 40 hours of Continuing Medical Education in the
				previous two years, or provide documentation of current certification issued by
				the NCCAA.
(d) As part of every
				third biennial renewal licensure period, all licensees shall complete two (2)
				hours of training in domestic violence which includes information on the number
				of patients in that professional's practice who are likely to be victims of
				domestic violence and the number who are likely to be perpetrators of domestic
				violence, screening procedures for determining whether a patient has any
				history of being either a victim or a perpetrator of domestic violence, and
				instruction on how to provide such patients with information on, or how to
				refer such patients to, resources in the local community, such as domestic
				violence centers and other advocacy groups, that provide legal aid, shelter,
				victim counseling, batterer counseling, or child protection services, and which
				is approved by any state or federal government agency, or nationally affiliated
				professional association, or any provider of Category I or II American Medical
				Association Continuing Medical Education. Home study courses approved by the
				above agencies will be acceptable.
(e) Upon a licensee's first renewal of
				licensure, the licensee must document the completion of one hour of Category I
				American Medical Association Continuing Medical Education, which includes the
				topics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome;
				the modes of transmission, including transmission from healthcare worker to
				patient and patient to healthcare worker; infection control procedures,
				including universal precautions; epidemiology of the disease; related
				infections including TB; clinical management; prevention; and current Florida
				law on AIDS and its impact on testing, confidentiality of test results, and
				treatment of patients. Any hours of said CME may also be counted toward the CME
				license renewal requirement. In order for a course to count as meeting this
				requirement, licensees practicing in Florida must clearly demonstrate that the
				course includes Florida law on HIV/AIDS and its impact on testing,
				confidentiality of test results, and treatment of patients. Only Category I
				hours shall be accepted.
(f)
				Completion of two hours of continuing medical education relating to prevention
				of medical errors which includes a study of root cause analysis, error
				reduction and prevention, and patient safety, and which is approved by any
				state or federal government agency, or nationally affiliated professional
				association, or any provider of Category I or II American Medical Association
				Continuing Medical Education. One hour of a two hour course which is provided
				by a facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 395, F.S., for its employees may be
				used to partially meet this requirement.