KRS 311.870: Administrative regulations and records.

(1) The board, with any committee assistance requested by the board, may promulgate

administrative regulations in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A

to implement the provisions of KRS 311.864 to 311.890 as follows:

(a) Establish qualifications for a surgical assistant to practice in this state;

(b) Establish requirements for an examination and develop an application to

certify a surgical assistant to practice;

(c) Establish minimum education and training requirements necessary for a

certificate to practice as a surgical assistant;

(d) Develop an approved program of mandatory continuing education and the

manner in which attendance at all approved courses, clinics, forums, lectures,

programs, or seminars is monitored and recorded;

(e) Accept the con tinuing education rules and guidelines of the Association of

Surgical Technologists or other national association of surgical assisting that

develops continuing education guidelines;

(f) Establish reasonable and necessary fees for the application, examinat ion,

initial certificate, renewal certificate, and other fees necessary to implement

KRS 311.864 to 311.890; and

(g) Identify the surgical assistant's scope of practice citing appropriate medical

tasks, and define the delegating physician's oversight responsibilities.

(2) The board shall maintain a record for each certificate holder that contains

information determined by the board. Any certificate holder who, after notifying the

board of his or her official address or addresses, moves his or her practice l ocation

to a new address shall immediately notify the board of the change.