M-9, r. 3.1 - Regulation respecting the professional activities that may be engaged in by a clinical perfusionist

Section 3 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3. A clinical perfusionist may engage in the following professional activities:

(1)  operate and ensure the operation of cardiac, pulmonary or circulatory assistance, autotransfusion or apheresis equipment;

(2)  provide clinical supervision of the condition of persons linked to cardiac, pulmonary or circulatory assistance, autotransfusion or apheresis equipment;

(3)  administer and adjust prescribed medications or other substances;

(4)  mix substances in order to complete the preparation of a medication, according to a prescription;

(5)  take specimens from catheters already in place or through the circuit of the circulatory supports, according to a prescription;

(6)  perform treatments through the circulatory supports, according to a prescription; and

(7)  program a pacemaker or cardiac defibrillator, according to a prescription.

A clinical perfusionist must engage in those professional activities for the purpose of contributing to the maintenance of bodily functions of a human being in a treatment requiring the temporary support or replacement of cardiac, pulmonary or circulatory functions.

O.C. 159-2012, s. 3.