Provisional Clinical Perfusionists—Direction, Delegation and Supervision

PURPOSE: This rule provides information regarding supervision of provisional licensed clinical perfusionists by licensed clinical perfusionists. (1) A licensed clinical perfusionist shall direct and supervise a provisional licensed clinical perfusionist at all times. The primary supervising licensed clinical perfusionist shall determine which tasks require the expertise and decision making capacity of the licensed clinical perfusionist, and must be personally rendered by the licensed clinical perfusionist, and which tasks may be delegated to the provisional licensed perfusionist. (2) A provisional licensee may have more than one (1) supervising licensed clinical perfusionist. If a provisional licensee has more than one (1) supervising licensed clinical perfusionist, then one (1) supervising licensed clinical perfusionist shall be designated as the primary supervising licensed clinical perfusionist and the others as secondary supervising licensed clinical perfusionists. (3) The supervising licensed clinical perfusionist shall be accessible on-site or by telecommunications to the provisional licensed clinical perfusionist at all times while the provisional licensed clinical perfusionist is performing perfusion. (4) The primary supervising licensed clinical perfusionist must submit written notification of termination of supervision to the board within ten (10) days of when supervision has ceased. The provisional licensed perfusionist shall cease practicing upon termination of supervision and also notify the board of the termination of supervision within ten (10) days of when supervision has ceased. (5) If a provisional licensee changes supervisors, the provisional licensee must notify the board and submit a new verification of supervision form from the new primary supervising licensed clinical perfusionist. (6) A primary supervising licensed clinical perfusionist shall not supervise more than two (2) provisional licensed perfusionists at any time. AUTHORITY: section 324.147, RSMo Supp. 1997.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-8.100. Original rule filed Dec. 2, 1998, effective June 30, 1999. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-8.100, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 324.147, RSMo 1997.