Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B15 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine › Chapter 64B15-7 - ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS › Section 64B15-7.007 - 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 or American Osteopathic Association
				approved Category I-A continuing education related to the practice of
				osteopathic medicine or under osteopathic auspices. 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 or American
				Osteopathic Association approved Category I-A continuing education related to
				the practice of osteopathic medicine or under osteopathic auspices, 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 or American
				Osteopathic Association approved Category I-A continuing education related to
				the practice of osteopathic medicine or under osteopathic auspices. 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.