Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-22-506

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R4-22-506 - Perioperative Period; Patient Discharge

An osteopathic physician performing office-based surgery shall ensure all of the following:

1. The physician is physically present in the room where office-based surgery is performed while the office-based surgery is performed;

2. After the office-based surgery is performed and until the patient's post-sedation monitoring is discontinued, a physician is at the physician's office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency;

3. If using minimal sedation, the physician or a health care professional certified in ACLS, PALS, or BLS is at the physician's office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency until the patient is discharged;

4. If using moderate or deep sedation, the physician or a health care professional certified in ACLS or PALS is at the physician's office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency until the patient is discharged;

5. A discharge is documented in the patient's medical record including:

a. The date and time of the patient's discharge, and

b. A description of the patient's medical condition at the time of discharge; and

6. The patient receives discharge instructions and receipt of the discharge instructions is documented in the patient's medical record.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-22-506

New Section made by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2655, effective 11/8/2014.