California Business and Professions Code

§ 2590

BPC § 2590 Effective Jan 1, 1998Div. 2 · Ch. 5.67

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, “perfusion” means those functions necessary for the support, treatment, measurement, or supplementation of the cardiovascular system, circulatory system with or without the oxygenation circuit, or any combination of those activities, and to ensure the safe management of physiologic functions by monitoring the necessary parameters of those systems pursuant to an order and under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon.

(b)Perfusion services include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1)The use of extracorporeal circulation, cardiopulmonary support techniques, and other ancillary therapeutic and diagnostic technologies. “Extracorporeal circulation,” as used in this section, 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, or both.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 677, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.