Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-10-314

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 21, May 24, 2024

Section R9-10-314 - Physical Health Services

A. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. Medical services are provided under the direction of a physician or registered nurse practitioner;

2. Nursing services are provided:

a. Under the direction of a registered nurse,

b. According to an acuity plan developed for the behavioral health inpatient facility, and

c. To meet the needs of a patient based on the patient's acuity; and

3. If a behavioral health inpatient facility is authorized to provide:

a. Clinical laboratory services, as defined in R9-10-101, the behavioral health inpatient facility complies with the requirements for clinical laboratory services in R9-10-219; or

b. Radiology services or diagnostic imaging services, the behavioral health inpatient facility complies with the requirements in R9-10-220.

B. An administrator shall ensure that, if a patient requires immediate medical services to ensure the patient's health and safety that the behavioral health inpatient facility is not authorized or not able to provide, a personnel member arranges for the patient to be transported to a hospital, another health care institution, or a health care provider where the medical services can be provided.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-314

Section R9-10-314, formerly numbered as R9-10-214, renumbered as an emergency effective February 22, 1979, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1003, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 79-1). Adopted effective June 14, 1979 (Supp. 79-3). Former Section R9-10-314 repealed, new Section R9-10-314 adopted effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2785, effective October 1, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). New Section R9-10-314 made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1583, effective 10/1/2019.