Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts › Chapter 8 - Licensing of Clinical Perfusionists › Section 20 CSR 2150-8.005 - Ethical Rules of Conduct

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule complies with section
				  324.159, RSMo which
				  authorizes the Advisory Commission for Clinical Perfusionists, through the
				  Board of Healing Arts, to promulgate ethical principles to govern the practice
				  of perfusion in the state of Missouri.
(1) A clinical perfusionist shall practice
				per-fusion only when duly licensed to do so pursuant to the provisions of the
				Missouri Licensed Clinical Perfusionist Act.
(2) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				not procure or attempt to procure a license or renewal of a license to practice
				perfusion by fraud or deceit.
(3) A
				licensed clinical perfusionist shall not practice perfusion after a license has
				expired or has been suspended, revoked or not renewed.
(4) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				notify the executive director of the Missouri State Board of Registration for
				the Healing Arts of the suspension, probation, revocation or any final
				disciplinary action of any past or currently held permits, licenses, or
				certificates required to practice perfusion in this or any other jurisdiction
				of the United States, U.S. territories, District of Columbia or the province of
				Canada within thirty (30) days of final adjudication.
(5) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				not practice perfusion under cover of any permit, license, or certificate
				illegally or fraudulently obtained or issued.
(6) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				only employ licensed persons in the practice of perfusion in the capacity of a
				perfusionist.
(7) A licensed
				clinical perfusionist shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any fee, charge,
				tuition or other compensation by fraud, deception or misrepresentation or
				willfully and continually overcharge or overtreat patients.
(8) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				not willfully and continually perform inappropriate or unnecessary treatment,
				diagnostic tests or perfusion services.
(9) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				not delegate professional responsibilities to a person who is not qualified by
				training, skill, competency, age, experience or licensure to perform such
				responsibilities.
(10) A licensed
				clinical perfusionist shall not violate or attempt to violate, directly or
				indirectly, or assist or enable any person to violate, any provision of this
				chapter, or of any lawful rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this
				chapter.
(11) A licensed clinical
				perfusionist shall not be the subject of revocation, suspension, restriction,
				modification, limitation, reprimand, warning, censure, probation or other final
				disciplinary action against a license or other right to practice any profession
				regulated by this chapter by another state, territory, federal agency or
				country, whether or not voluntarily agreed to by the licensee or applicant,
				including, but not limited to, the denial of licensure, surrender of the
				license, allowing the license to expire or lapse, or discontinuing or limiting
				the practice of perfusion while subject to an investigation or while actually
				under investigation by any licensing authority, medical facility, branch of the
				armed forces of the United States, insurance company, court, agency of the
				state or federal government, or employer.
(12) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				not be finally adjudged incapacitated or disabled by a court of competent
				jurisdiction.
(13) A licensed
				perfusionist shall not be the subject of final disciplinary action by any
				professional perfusionist association or society or licensed hospital or
				medical staff of such hospital in this or any other state or territory, whether
				agreed to voluntarily or not, and including but not limited to, any removal,
				suspension, limitation, or restriction of the person's license or staff or
				hospital privileges, failure to renew such privileges or license for cause or
				other final disciplinary action, if the action was in any way related to
				unprofessional conduct, professional incompetence, malpractice or any other
				violation of any provision of this chapter.
(14) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				report to the executive director of the Missouri State Board of Healing Arts
				any alleged violation of statutes, rules and regulations governing the practice
				of perfusion in the state of Missouri.
(15) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				at all times hold the well-being of the patient to be paramount and shall not
				act in such a way as to bring the member's interests into conflict with the
				patient's interests. A licensed clinical perfusionist shall deliver health care
				services without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age,
				religion, sexual preference or physical and/or mental condition.
(16) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall
				conform to the Code of Ethics of the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion
				which is summarized as follows:
(A) The
				licensed clinical perfusionist who willfully misstates fact during the
				application, examination, or recertification process is guilty of unethical
				conduct. Likewise the willful misstatement of fact regarding the title or
				membership in a professional community is considered unethical
				conduct;
(B) The licensed clinical
				perfusionist who consciously fails to promote the safety and protection of the
				public is guilty of unethical conduct;
(C) The licensed clinical perfusionist who
				willfully disregards the patient for monetary gain is guilty of unethical
				conduct. Examples of such conduct are unjustified reimbursement for services
				performed or prejudicial compensation;
(D) The licensed clinical perfusionist who
				shows willful disregard for sound patient care by acts of omission is guilty of
				unethical conduct;
(E) The ethical
				licensed clinical perfusionist shall subscribe to all other applicable ethical
				standards of the medical community; and
(F) The licensed clinical perfusionist
				accepts the responsibility for subscribing to the following Code of Ethics and
				for reporting unethical conduct.
THE MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF
				  REGISTRATION FOR THE HEALING ARTS STANDARDS OF
				  PROFES
SIONAL CONDUCT FOR
				  MIS
SOURI LICENSED CLINICAL
				  PERFUSIONISTS