Section 449.9945 - Administration and record of anesthesia1. Anesthetics must be administered in the operating room of an ambulatory surgical center by an anesthesiologist, a qualified physician, a dentist or, under the direction of the operating physician and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 632 of NRS and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, a certified registered nurse anesthetist.2. Persons designated to administer anesthetics must be qualified to administer anesthetics based on their credentials and must be approved by the governing body.3. General anesthesia must not be administered to a patient unless a physician has evaluated the patient immediately before surgery to assess and document the risks of administering the anesthesia relative to the surgical procedure to be performed. A patient who receives general anesthesia must be evaluated by a physician after the patient has recovered from the general anesthesia and before he or she is discharged from the recovery room.4. A person who administers anesthetics shall continuously monitor a patient who has received anesthesia and shall not have any other responsibility while the patient is under anesthesia. A person who administers anesthetics shall not leave a patient who is under anesthesia unless relieved by a person authorized to administer anesthetics pursuant to this section who agrees to assume responsibility for the care of the patient.5. A record of anesthesia must be completed after surgery, and there must be a follow-up on each patient who has received anesthesia with the findings recorded by the person who administered the anesthesia.6. As used in this section, "certified registered nurse anesthetist" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 632.014.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.9945
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 12-15-88; A by R049-99, 9-27-99; R181-09, 10-4-2013