SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 603.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Licensed Perfusionists Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
- Texas Section 603.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 2.197(15), eff. September 1, 2015. (2) "Advisory committee" means the...
- Texas Section 603.003 - Practice Of Perfusion
(a) In this section: (1) "Extracorporeal circulation" means the diversion of a patient's blood through a heart-lung machine or a similar device that assumes the...
- Texas Section 603.004 - Application Of Chapter
This chapter does not apply to: (1) a qualified perfusionist employed by the United States government while discharging official duties; (2) a person licensed by...
SUBCHAPTER B PERFUSIONIST LICENSURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Texas Section 603.006 - Applicability Of Other Law
Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the advisory committee. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 231 (S.B. 403), Sec. 4, eff. September...
- Texas Section 603.051 - Advisory Committee Membership
(a) The advisory committee is an informal advisory committee to the medical board. The advisory committee has no independent rulemaking authority. (a-1) The advisory committee...
- Texas Section 603.0511 - Public Member Eligibility
A person may not be a public member of the advisory committee if the person or the person's spouse: (1) is registered, certified, or licensed...
- Texas Section 603.052 - Membership And Employee Restrictions
(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to...
- Texas Section 603.053 - Terms; Vacancy
(a) Members of the advisory committee serve two-year terms. The terms of the members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) If a...
- Texas Section 603.054 - Grounds For Removal
Sec. 603.054. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground for removal from the advisory committee that a member: (1) does not have at the...
- Texas Section 603.055 - Reimbursement
A member is entitled to reimbursement for expenses as provided by the General Appropriations Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 603.056 - Officers
(a) The president of the medical board shall designate biennially an advisory committee member as the presiding officer of the advisory committee to serve in...
SUBCHAPTER D MEDICAL BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 603.057 - Meetings
The advisory committee shall meet as requested by the medical board. A meeting may be held by telephone conference call. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 603.151 - General Powers And Duties
The medical board shall: (1) establish the qualifications for a perfusionist to practice in this state, including rules governing character and conduct for applicants or...
- Texas Section 603.152 - General Rulemaking Authority
The medical board may adopt rules necessary to: (1) regulate the practice of perfusion; (2) enforce this chapter; and (3) perform medical board duties under...
- Texas Section 603.153 - Rules Restricting Advertising Or Competitive Bidding
(a) The medical board may not adopt a rule restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the medical board under this chapter...
- Texas Section 603.1535 - Rules On Consequences Of Criminal Conviction
(a) The medical board shall adopt rules necessary to comply with Chapter 53, except to the extent the requirements of this chapter are stricter than...
- Texas Section 603.154 - Fees
(a) The medical board shall set fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015,...
- Texas Section 603.155 - Duties Regarding Complaints
(a) The medical board by rule shall: (1) adopt a form to standardize information concerning complaints made to the medical board; and (2) prescribe information...
SUBCHAPTER E PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 603.156 - Registry
The medical board shall prepare a registry of licensed perfusionists and provisionally licensed perfusionists that is available to the public, license holders, and appropriate state...
- Texas Section 603.201 - Public Interest Information
(a) The medical board shall prepare information of consumer interest describing the profession of perfusion, the regulatory functions of the medical board, and the procedures...
- Texas Section 603.202 - Complaints
(a) The medical board by rule shall establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number...
- Texas Section 603.203 - Records Of Complaints
(a) The medical board shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed under this chapter. The medical board shall maintain: (1)...
- Texas Section 603.204 - General Rules Regarding Complaint Investigation And Disposition
(a) The medical board shall adopt rules concerning the investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter. The rules shall: (1) distinguish among categories of...
- Texas Section 603.2041 - Subpoenas; Confidentiality Of Information
(a) The executive director of the medical board, the director's designee, or the secretary-treasurer of the medical board may issue a subpoena or subpoena duces...
SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 603.205 - Public Participation
(a) The medical board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the medical board and to...
- Texas Section 603.251 - License Required
(a) A person may not engage or offer to engage in perfusion for compensation unless the person holds an appropriate license issued under this chapter....
- Texas Section 603.252 - License Application
(a) An applicant for a perfusionist license must submit a sworn application accompanied by the application fee. (b) The medical board shall prescribe the application...
- Texas Section 603.253 - Competency Examination
(a) An applicant must pass a competency examination to qualify for a license under this chapter. (b) The medical board shall prepare or approve an...
- Texas Section 603.2535 - Jurisprudence Examination
(a) An applicant must pass a jurisprudence examination to qualify for a license under this chapter. (b) The medical board shall develop and administer at...
- Texas Section 603.254 - Qualification For Examination
(a) To qualify for the licensing examinations under this chapter, an applicant must have successfully completed a perfusion education program approved by the medical board....
- Texas Section 603.255 - Investigation Of Applicant
(a) The medical board shall notify an applicant in writing of the receipt and investigation of the applicant's application and any other relevant evidence relating...
- Texas Section 603.256 - Examination Results
(a) The medical board shall notify each examinee of the examination results not later than the 30th day after the date the examination is administered....
- Texas Section 603.257 - Reexamination And Alternatives To Examination
The medical board by rule shall establish: (1) a limit on the number of times an applicant who fails an examination may retake the examination;...
- Texas Section 603.2571 - Criminal History Record Information Requirement For License
(a) The medical board shall require that an applicant for a license submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by...
- Texas Section 603.258 - Issuance Of License
A person who meets the qualifications for a license under this chapter is entitled to a license. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1,...
SUBCHAPTER G LICENSE RENEWAL
- Texas Section 603.259 - Provisional License
(a) The medical board may issue a provisional license to an applicant who files an application, pays an application fee, and submits evidence satisfactory to...
- Texas Section 603.301 - License Renewal
(a) A license is valid for two years from the date of issuance and may be renewed biennially. (b) The medical board by rule may...
- Texas Section 603.302 - Provisional License Renewal
A provisional license expires on the first anniversary of the date of issuance and, if the supervising licensed perfusionist or physician described by Section 603.259(c)...
- Texas Section 603.303 - Renewal Of Expired License By Out-of-state Practitioner
(a) The medical board may renew without reexamination an expired license of a person who was licensed as a perfusionist in this state, moved to...
- Texas Section 603.3031 - Criminal History Record Information Requirement For Renewal
(a) An applicant renewing a license shall submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints for purposes of performing a criminal history check of the...
- Texas Section 603.304 - Continuing Education
(a) To renew a license under this chapter, a person must submit proof satisfactory to the medical board that the person has complied with the...
SUBCHAPTER H PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
- Texas Section 603.305 - Grounds For Refusing Renewal
The medical board may refuse to renew the license of a person who fails to pay an administrative penalty imposed under Subchapter K unless enforcement...
- Texas Section 603.351 - Display Of License
A person licensed under this chapter shall: (1) display the person's license certificate in an appropriate and public manner; or (2) maintain a copy of...
- Texas Section 603.352 - License Holder Information
A person licensed under this chapter shall keep the medical board informed of any change in the license holder's address. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 603.353 - Surrender Of License
A license certificate issued by the medical board is the property of the medical board and shall be surrendered on demand. Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
SUBCHAPTER I DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 603.354 - Certification From American Board Of Cardiovascular Perfusion
Unless a person holds a certificate as a certified clinical perfusionist issued by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, the person may not: (1) use...
- Texas Section 603.401 - Grounds For Disciplinary Action
If a license holder violates this chapter or a rule or code of ethics adopted under this chapter, the medical board may: (1) revoke, restrict,...
- Texas Section 603.402 - Contested Case Hearing
Chapter 2001, Government Code, and medical board rules for a contested case hearing apply to a proceeding by the medical board under this chapter in...
- Texas Section 603.403 - Administrative Procedure
A proceeding under this subchapter to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license is governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code. Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 603.404 - Sanctions
(a) The medical board by rule shall adopt a broad schedule of sanctions for a violation of this chapter. (b) The State Office of Administrative...
- Texas Section 603.405 - Probation
The medical board may require a person whose license suspension is probated to: (1) report regularly to the medical board on matters that are the...
- Texas Section 603.406 - Monitoring Of License Holder
(a) The medical board by rule shall develop a system for monitoring a license holder's compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (b) Rules adopted...
- Texas Section 603.407 - Informal Procedures
(a) The medical board by rule shall adopt procedures governing: (1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and (2) an...
- Texas Section 603.408 - Emergency Suspension
(a) The medical board or a three-member panel of medical board members designated by the president of the medical board shall temporarily suspend the license...
SUBCHAPTER J PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 603.409 - Refund
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the medical board may order a license holder to pay a refund to a consumer as provided in an agreement...
- Texas Section 603.451 - Injunction
(a) The medical board may request the attorney general or the appropriate county or district attorney to commence an action to enjoin a violation of...
- Texas Section 603.4515 - Civil Penalty
(a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted or an order issued under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty not...
- Texas Section 603.452 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 603.251 or 603.354. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B...
SUBCHAPTER K ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY
- Texas Section 603.453 - Cease And Desist Order
(a) If it appears to the medical board that a person who is not licensed under this chapter is violating this chapter, a rule adopted...
- Texas Section 603.501 - Imposition Of Administrative Penalty
The medical board may impose an administrative penalty on a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted...
- Texas Section 603.502 - Amount Of Administrative Penalty
(a) The amount of the administrative penalty may not be less than $50 or more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues...
- Texas Section 603.503 - Notice Of Violation And Penalty
If the medical board determines that a violation occurred, the medical board shall give written notice of the violation to the person. The notice must:...
- Texas Section 603.504 - Penalty To Be Paid Or Hearing Requested
(a) Within 10 days after the date the person receives the notice, the person in writing may: (1) accept the determination and recommended administrative penalty...
- Texas Section 603.505 - Hearing
(a) If the person requests a hearing or fails to respond in a timely manner to the notice, the medical board shall set a hearing...
- Texas Section 603.506 - Decision By Medical Board
(a) Based on the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and proposal for decision, the medical board by order may determine that: (1) a violation...
- Texas Section 603.507 - Options Following Decision: Pay Or Appeal
(a) Within 30 days after the date the medical board's order becomes final, the person shall: (1) pay the administrative penalty; or (2) file a...
- Texas Section 603.508 - Collection Of Penalty
(a) If the person does not pay the administrative penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected. (b)...
- Texas Section 603.509 - Determination By Court
(a) If the court sustains the determination that a violation occurred, the court may uphold or reduce the amount of the administrative penalty and order...
- Texas Section 603.510 - Remittance Of Penalty And Interest
(a) If the person paid the administrative penalty and if the amount of the penalty is reduced or the penalty is not upheld by the...
- Texas Section 603.511 - Administrative Procedure
A proceeding under this subchapter is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 326, Sec. 19, eff....