Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts › Chapter 9 - Licensing of Anesthesiologist Assistants › Section 20 CSR 2150-9.050 - Applicants for Temporary Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirements to apply
				  for anesthesiologist assistant temporary licensure.
(1) A temporary license may be issued to an
				applicant for licensure who meets the qualifications of section
				334.404,
				RSMo and has made application on forms prepared by the board. The temporary
				license is valid until the results of the certifying examination are officially
				reported.
(2) No application will
				be considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified forms and
				properly attested pursuant to section
				334.404,
				RSMo.
(3) Applications shall be
				sent to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, PO Box 4,
				Jefferson City, MO 65102.
(4) The
				fee shall be sent in the form of a personal check, money order or cashier's
				check drawn on a United States bank and/or firm payable to the State Board of
				Registration for the Healing Arts. No application will be processed until the
				licensure fee is received.
(5) All
				applicants shall attach to the application a recent photograph not larger than
				three and one-half inches by five inches (3 1/2" x 5").
(6) All applicants are required to submit
				satisfactory evidence of completion of an anesthesiologist assistant program
				accredited by the Committee on Allied Health, Education and Accreditation of
				the American Medical Association, or its successor, or a letter from their
				program director stating that the applicant will graduate and the anticipated
				graduation date. Applicants shall submit a copy of their diploma within two (2)
				weeks of their graduation.
(7) All
				applicants are required to submit verification of licensure, registration or
				certification from every state or territory in which the applicant is or has
				ever been licensed, registered or certified to practice as an anesthesiologist
				assistant; and all other professional licenses, registrations, or
				certifications issued to the applicant regardless of whether or not such
				license, registration or certification is current. This verification must be
				submitted directly to the board from the licensing agency. If the licensing
				agency refuses or fails to provide a verification, the board may consider other
				evidence of licensure.
(8) All
				applicants shall submit a complete curriculum vitae from high school graduation
				to the date of application submission or for the previous ten (10) years
				whichever is most recent. This document must include the names and addresses of
				all previous employers, supervisors and job titles, from the date of high
				school graduation to the date of licensure application.
(9) Each applicant shall provide to the board
				a copy of the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist
				Assistants' admission letter for the certification examination; such letter
				shall specify the date the applicant sat for the certification
				examination.
(10) Each applicant
				shall instruct the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist
				Assistants to submit the applicant's certification examination results directly
				to the board.
(11) If the applicant
				passes the examination, the temporary license shall remain valid until a
				permanent license is issued or denied.
(12) The temporary license shall be valid
				until the examination results are received by the board, not to exceed three
				(3) weeks following the mailing of the results by the National Commission for
				Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants.
(13) Applicants who fail the certification
				examination, as determined by the National Commission for Certification of
				Anesthesiologist Assistants, are required to inform their employer, the same
				day they are notified of the results both verbally and in writing. A copy of
				this notification must be submitted to the board.
(14) When an applicant has filed his/her
				application and the appropriate fee for temporary licensure, and the applicant
				is denied by the board pursuant to the provisions of section
				334.414,
				RSMo or is subsequently withdrawn by the applicant, the fee will be retained by
				the board pursuant to the provisions of
				20 CSR
				2150-9.080 and section 334.101.1, RSMo.
(15) The board may require the applicant for
				temporary licensure to make a personal appearance before the advisory
				commission and/or board before a final decision regarding licensure is
				rendered.
(16) An applicant may
				withdraw his/her application for temporary licensure any time prior to the
				board's vote on his/her candidacy for licensure.
*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993,
					 1995; 334.406, RSMo 2003; and 334.414, RSMo
					 2003.