64B8-31.003: Application for Licensure and Licensure Requirements for Anesthesiologist Assistants
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule amendment is intended to incorporate the revised application form for anesthesiologist assistants.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule amendment incorporates the revised application form for anesthesiologist assistants.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board has determined that the proposed rule amendments will not have an impact on small business.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 458.309, 458.3475 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.013(7), 456.031, 456.033, 458.3475 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Larry McPherson, Executive Director, Board of Medicine/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B8-31.003 Application for Licensure and Licensure Requirements for Anesthesiologist Assistants.
(1) Application for Licensure.
(a) All persons applying for licensure as an anesthesiologist assistant shall submit an application to the Department. The application shall be made on Form DH-MQA 1087, entitled “Application for Licensure and Licensure Requirements for Anesthesiologist Assistants,” (revised 10/09 1/09), hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, and can be obtained from the Board of Medicine’s website at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/Anes/aa_applicant.html.
(b) through (c) No change.
(2) Requirements for Licensure.
(a) through (c) No change.
(d) The applicant must provide documentation of the completion following:
1. Completion of three hours of all Category I, American Medical Association Continuing Medical Education which includes the topics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: the disease and its spectrum of clinical manifestations; epidemiology of the disease; related infections including TB; treatment, counseling, and prevention; clinical management; transmission from healthcare worker to patient and patient to healthcare worker; universal precautions and isolation techniques; and legal issues related to the disease. If the applicant has not already completed the required continuing medical education, upon submission of an affidavit of good cause, the applicant will be allowed six months to complete this requirement.
2. Completion of one hour of continuing medical education on domestic violence which includes information on the number of patients in that professional's practice who are likely to be victims of domestic violence and the number who are likely to be perpetrators of domestic violence, screening procedures for determining whether a patient has any history of being either a victim or a perpetrator of domestic violence, and instruction on how to provide such patients with information on, or how to refer such patients to, resources in the local community, such as domestic violence centers and other advocacy groups, that provide legal aid, shelter, victim counseling, batterer counseling, or child protection services, and which is approved by any state or federal government agency, or nationally affiliated professional association, or any provider of Category I or II American Medical Association Continuing Medical Education. Home study courses approved by the above agencies will be acceptable. If the applicant has not already completed the required continuing medical education, upon submission of an affidavit of good cause, the applicant will be allowed six months to complete this requirement.
3. Completion of two hours of continuing medical education relating to prevention of medical errors which includes a study of root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, and which is approved by any state or federal government agency, or nationally affiliated professional association, or any provider of Category I or II American Medical Association Continuing Medical Education. One hour of a two hour course which is provided by a facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 395, F.S., for its employees may be used to partially meet this requirement.
(e) No change.
(3) No change.
Rulemaking Specific Authority 458.309, 458.3475 FS. Law Implemented 456.013(7), 456.031, 456.033, 458.3475 FS. History– New 8-2-05, Amended 5-20-09,________.