Rule 15-16-1-41.83.14 - Staffing and Treatment The FED must possess the staff and resources necessary to evaluate all individuals presenting to the emergency department. The FED must follow all requirements of EMTALA in regard to assuring the medical evaluation, stabilization and transfer of a patient found to have an emergency condition. Because of the unscheduled and episodic nature of health emergencies and acute illness, the FED must be staffed with experienced American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) board certified or board eligible physicians, nursing and ancillary personnel who must be available 24 hours a day. The FED will also provide treatment for individuals whose health needs are not of an emergent nature, but for whom the FED may be the only accessible or timely entry point into the broader health care system.
1. Each FED shall have patient transfer agreements with an EMS service and with an acute care or trauma hospital with the capability of handling such emergencies and to assure provisions for patient admissions, continued emergency and diagnostic services beyond the capability of the FED, and the safe emergency transport of the patient, when needed. 2. As stated by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): a. Emergency medical care must be available to all members of the public. b. Access to appropriate emergency medical and nursing care must be unrestricted. c. A smooth continuum should exist among pre-hospital providers, emergency department (ED) providers, and providers of definitive follow-up care. d. Evaluation, management, and treatment of patient must be appropriate and expedient. e. Resources should exist in the ED to accommodate each patient from the time of arrival through evaluation, medical decision making, treatment and disposition. f. FEDs should have policies and plans to provide effective administration, staffing, facility design, equipment, medication and ancillary services. g. The emergency physician, emergency nurse, and additional medical team members must establish effective working relationships with other health care providers and entities with whom they must interact. These include emergency medical services (EMS) providers, ancillary hospital personnel, other physicians, and other health care and social services resources. 15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-41.83.14
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-13