Effective - 28 Aug 2003
334.428. Anesthesiologist assistant, use of title permitted, when — penalty. — 1. No person shall put forth to the public any title or description that includes the words "licensed anesthesiologist assistant" as defined in section 334.404 unless the person is duly licensed pursuant to the provisions of sections 334.400 to 334.430.
2. Nothing in sections 334.400 to 334.430 shall be construed as prohibiting any individual, regardless of whether the individual is licensed pursuant to sections 334.400 to 334.430, from providing the services of anesthesiologist assistant, so long as those services are lawfully performed pursuant to the individual's scope of practice as authorized by law, regulation, and hospital or medical staff policies or credentialing standards.
3. Notwithstanding the specified penalty in section 334.414, any person found guilty of violating any provision of subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law. For purposes of this subsection, the maximum fine for a violation of this section shall be two hundred dollars.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 390)