1. A candidate for a license to practice as a licensed clinical perfusionist shall submit a sworn application accompanied by the required fees. The board shall prescribe the form of the application and by rule may establish dates by which applications and fees must be received.

2. To qualify for the licensing examination, the applicant shall have successfully completed a perfusion education program approved by the board. In approving perfusion education programs necessary for qualification for licensing examination, the board shall approve only a program that has education standards established by the Accreditation Committee for Perfusion Education and approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or its successor.

3. All fees payable pursuant to sections 324.125 to 324.183 shall be collected by the division of professional registration and transmitted to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the board of registration for the healing arts fund established in section 334.050. The licensed perfusionists fund is hereby abolished. Any funds remaining in the licensed perfusionists fund on August 28, 1999, shall be transferred to the board of registration for the healing arts fund.