Governor Rendell signs Perfusion Licensure Bills
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Governor Rendell signs Perfusion Licensure Bills
Governor Rendell signs Perfusion Licensure Bills
Gov. Ed Rendell signed into law Rep. Dante Santoni’s legislation (H.B.s 500 and 501) that requires perfusionists to be licensed in Pennsylvania and added to the state Board of Medicine and state Board of Osteopathic Medicine. Perfusionists are the medical professionals who monitor and analyze heart-lung machines during complicated procedures such as open-heart surgery and live-donor organ transplants.
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John Mitchell, Rep. Dante Santoni (bill sponsor) and Craig Gassmann posing with HB500 and HB501 signed by Governor Rendell.
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Peg Moyer(Lobbyist), John Mitchell, Rep Dante Santoni and Craig Gassmann
Santoni patient safety bills now law
HARRISBURG, June 11 – Legislation introduced by state Rep. Dante Santoni, D-Berks, to better protect patients undergoing long and difficult surgeries has been signed into law.
Gov. Ed Rendell today signed Santoni’s H.B.s 500 and 501, which require perfusionists to be licensed in Pennsylvania and added to the state Board of Medicine and state Board of Osteopathic Medicine. Perfusionists are the medical professionals who monitor and analyze heart-lung machines during complicated procedures such as open-heart surgery and live-donor organ transplants.
“This new law will protect patients in the operating room while distinguishing the medical professionals who have gone through the necessary training and follow the rules as they practice their profession,” Santoni said. “Perfusionists are a critical part of many life-saving procedures, literally keeping patients alive as doctors do their work. This new law reflects their vital role in our health-care system.”
Members of the Pennsylvania State Perfusionists Society were at the Capitol for the bill signing.
“We want to thank Representative Santoni for raising the bar on the standard of care in Pennsylvania for cardiac surgery and other patients,” said John Mitchell, a perfusionist from Newtown Square, Delaware County.
Craig Gassmann, a perfusionist from Lancaster who serves on the society’s government relations committee with Mitchell, also praised the legislation. “This is a huge step forward for our profession, and we are grateful for all the work that went into this new law,” Gassmann said.