Supervision

All persons practicing clinical perfusion pursuant to authorizations from the Committee and Board must be supervised according to the following: (1) Licensed Clinical Perfusionists - Must be performing services under the order and supervision of a physician licensed pursuant to either Chapter 6 or Chapter 9 of Title 63 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. Supervision may be provided through “perfusion protocols” as defined in T.C.A. § 63-28-102. Such protocols must be in writing, signed by the health care facility’s authorized representative, and a physician, regularly updated, maintained at the health care facility, and produced upon request by the duly authorized agents of the Committee and/or Board. (2) Provisional Licensees - Must be under the supervision of a licensed clinical perfusionist at all times during which they are performing perfusion. This supervision does not require the immediate physical presence of the supervising perfusionist but does require the following: (a) Supervision may be provided through “perfusion protocols” as defined in T.C.A. § 63- 28-102. Such protocols must be in writing, signed by the health care facility’s authorized GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CHAPTER 0880-11 THE PRACTICE OF CLINICAL PERFUSIONISTS representative, a physician, and the supervising clinical perfusionist, regularly updated, maintained at the health care facility, and produced upon request by the duly authorized agents of the Committee and/or Board. (b) Protocols shall be reviewed and updated biennially. (c) The supervising perfusionist shall exercise close supervision and assume full control and responsibility for the services provided by the provisional licensee. That supervision, control and responsibility does not require the physical presence of the supervising perfusionist at all times where the services are being provided. However, it does require that the supervising perfusionist be capable of being physically present where the services are being provided within thirty (30) minutes. (d) The supervising clinical perfusionist may not sign a provisional licensure renewal application request for a provisional licensee unless the provisional licensee has taken the certification examination identified in rule 0880-11-.08 at least once during the current provisional licensure period.