324.136. Application procedure, fees, qualifications.

Application procedure, fees, qualifications.

324.136. 1. A candidate for a license to practice as a licensedclinical perfusionist shall submit a sworn application accompanied by therequired fees. The board shall prescribe the form of the application andby rule may establish dates by which applications and fees must bereceived.

2. To qualify for the licensing examination, the applicant shall havesuccessfully completed a perfusion education program approved by the board.In approving perfusion education programs necessary for qualification forlicensing examination, the board shall approve only a program that haseducation standards established by the Accreditation Committee forPerfusion Education and approved by the Commission on Accreditation ofAllied Health Education Programs or its successor.

3. All fees payable pursuant to sections 324.125 to 324.183 shall becollected by the division of professional registration and transmitted tothe department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the creditof the board of registration for the healing arts fund established insection 334.050, RSMo. The licensed perfusionists fund is herebyabolished. Any funds remaining in the licensed perfusionists fund onAugust 28, 1999, shall be transferred to the board of registration for thehealing arts fund.

(L. 1997 S.B. 141 § 19, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343)