Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 188 - PERFUSIONISTS › Section 188.4 - Qualifications for Licensure

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Except as
				otherwise provided in this section, an individual applying for licensure must:
(1) submit an application on forms approved
				by the board;
(2) pay the
				appropriate application fee;
(3)
				certify that the applicant is mentally and physically able to function safely
				as a perfusionist;
(4) not have a
				license, certification, or registration in this state or from any other
				licensing authority or certifying professional organization that is currently
				revoked, suspended, or subject to probation or other disciplinary action for
				cause;
(5) have no proceedings that
				have been instituted against the applicant for the restriction, cancellation,
				suspension, or revocation of certificate, license, or authority to practice
				perfusion in the state, territory, Canadian province, country, or uniformed
				service of the United States in which it was issued;
(6) have no prosecution pending against the
				applicant in any state, federal, or Canadian court for any offense that under
				the laws of this state is a felony;
(7) be of good professional
				character;
(8) not have violated
				any provision of any federal or state statute relating to confidentiality of
				patient communications or records;
(9) not have been convicted of a felony or a
				crime involving moral turpitude;
(10) not use drugs or alcohol to an extent
				that affects the applicant's professional competency;
(11) not have engaged in fraud or deceit in
				applying for a license;
(12) pass
				an independently evaluated perfusionist examination approved by the
				board;
(13) have successfully
				completed an educational program as set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
				this paragraph;
(A) A perfusion education
				program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
				Education Programs (CAAHEP) at the time of graduation; or
(B) a substantially equivalent program with
				requirements as stringent as those established by the Accreditation Committee
				for Perfusion Education (AC-PE) and approved by the board.
(i) Degrees and course work received in
				international countries shall be acceptable only if the degree or coursework
				has educational standards that are as stringent as those established by the
				AC-PE and approved by CAAHEP or their successors.
(ii) An international training program shall
				be acceptable only if it has educational standards as stringent as those
				established by the AC-PE and approved by the CAAHEP or their
				successors.
(14) submit a complete and legible set of
				fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the medical board, to the medical board
				or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal
				history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal
				Bureau of Investigation, as required by §603.2571 of the Act.
(15) submit to the board any other
				information the board considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's
				qualifications.