10 Guam Code Ann. § 122404
Terms Used In 10 Guam Code Ann. § 122404
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
(b) Licensed anesthesiology assistants shall be graduates of programs approved and recognized by the Board, and approved by the Anesthesiologist Assistant Examining Committee from an institution accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA), or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) that is specifically designed to train an individual to administer general or regional anesthesia.
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(c) Licensed anesthesiology assistants shall have passed a proficiency examination developed and administered by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA), or its successor.
(d) Licensed anesthesiologist assistants shall meet all other requisite educational requirements established by the Board pursuant to § 122403 of this Article.
§ 122405. Application for Licensure; Requirements for
Anesthesiologist Assistants.
(a) Application for Licensure.
(1) All persons applying for licensure as an anesthesiologist assistant shall submit an application to the Board on forms approved by Board.
(2) The application may not be used for more than one (1) year from the date of the original submission of the application and fee. After one (1) year from the date that the original application and fee have been received in the Board office, a new application and fee shall be required from any applicant who desires licensure as an anesthesiologist assistant.
(3) All application information must be submitted no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting at which the applicant desires his or her application to be considered.
(b) Requirements for Licensure.
(1) All applicants for licensure as an anesthesiologist assistant must submit an application as set forth in Subsection (a)(1) above. The applicant must meet all of the requirements of this Article, and the applicant must submit two (2) personalized and individualized letters of recommendation from anesthesiologists. Letters of recommendation must be composed and signed by the applicant’s supervising physician, or, for recent graduates, the faculty physician, and give details of the applicant’s clinical skills and ability. Each letter must be addressed to the Board and must have been written no more than six (6) months prior to the filing of the application for licensure.
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(2) The applicant must have obtained a passing score on the examination administered through the NCCAA. The passing score shall be established by the NCCAA.
(3) The applicant must be certified in advanced cardiac life support.
(4) The applicant must submit notarized statements containing the following information:
(A) Completion of three (3) hours of all Category I, American Medical Association Continuing Medical Education or American Osteopathic Association approved Category I-A continuing education related to the practice of osteopathic medicine or under osteopathic auspices, 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; 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 (6) months to complete this requirement.
(B) Completion of one (1) 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,
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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 or American Osteopathic Association approved Category I-A continuing education related to the practice of osteopathic medicine or under osteopathic auspices. 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 (6) months to complete this requirement.
(C) Completion of two (2) 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 or American Osteopathic Association approved Category I-A continuing education related to the practice of osteopathic medicine or under osteopathic auspices.