N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-12.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43A-12.4 - Anesthesia staff; qualifications

(a) There shall be a physician director of anesthesia services who is a diplomate of either the American Board of Anesthesiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology, or who was made a Fellow of the American College of Anesthesiology before 1982. The medical director of the facility may serve as physician director of anesthesia services, if the medical director possesses the qualifications of a physician director of anesthesia services as specified in this subsection.

1. Facilities in which only conscious sedation is administered may, in lieu of appointing a director of anesthesia services as specified in (a) above, ensure that each of the physicians who administer, supervise, or monitor the administration of conscious sedation in the facility is privileged by an acute care hospital, licensed in New Jersey in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43G, to administer, supervise, and monitor the administration of conscious sedation or credentialed in accordance with the provisions of 13:35-4A.10, Administration of conscious sedation; authorized personnel.

(b) The physician director of anesthesia services shall participate in the credentialing process and delineation of privileges of all personnel who administer anesthetic agents.

(c) All anesthesia providers who administer and/or supervise the administration of general anesthesia, major regional anesthesia, or conscious sedation anesthesia shall maintain current training in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

(d) Anesthetic agents administered with the purpose of creating conscious sedation, deep sedation, major regional anesthesia, or general anesthesia shall be administered in any location in the facility only in accordance with medical staff policies and procedures.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-12.4

Recodified in part from N.J.A.C. 8:43A-12.3 and amended by R.2003 d.56, effective 2/3/2003.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 224(a), 35 New Jersey Register 857(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:43A-12.4, Policies and procedures, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:43A-12.6. Rewrote the section.