(225 ILCS 125/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Address of Record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file maintained by the Department. "Board" means the Board of Licensing for Perfusionists.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Email address of record" means the designated email address of record by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. "Extracorporeal circulation" means the diversion of a patient's blood through
a
heart-lung
machine or a similar device that assumes the functions of the patient's heart,
lungs, kidney,
liver, or other organs.
"New graduate perfusionist" means a perfusionist practicing within a period
of one year since the date of graduation from a Commission on Accreditation of
Allied Health Education Programs accredited perfusion education program.
"Perfusion" means the functions necessary for the support, treatment,
measurement, or
supplementation of the cardiovascular systems or
other organs, or a
combination of those functions, and to ensure the safe management of
physiologic functions by
monitoring and analyzing the parameters of the systems under an order and under
the supervision
of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches.
"Perfusionist" means a person, qualified by academic and clinical education,
to operate the
extracorporeal circulation equipment during any medical situation where it is
necessary to
support or replace a person's cardiopulmonary, circulatory, or respiratory
function.
A perfusionist
is responsible for the selection of appropriate equipment and techniques
necessary for support,
treatment, measurement, or supplementation of the cardiopulmonary and
circulatory system of a
patient, including the safe monitoring, analysis, and treatment of physiologic
conditions under
an order and under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine
in all its
branches and in coordination with a registered professional nurse.
"Perfusion protocols" means perfusion related policies and protocols
developed
or approved by
a licensed health facility or a physician through collaboration with
administrators, licensed
perfusionists, and other health care professionals.
"Physician" or "operating physician" means a person licensed to practice
medicine in all of
its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. (Source: P.A. 101-311, eff. 8-9-19.)
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