12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-410-1240

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024

Section 12VAC5-410-1240 - Emergency services

A. Each outpatient surgical hospital shall provide emergency service and maintain on the premises adequate monitoring equipment, suction apparatus, oxygen, and related items necessary for resuscitation and control of hemorrhage and other complications.

B. A written agreement which ensures emergency transportation to a licensed general hospital shall be executed with an ambulance service.

C. A written agreement shall be executed with a general hospital to ensure that any patient of the outpatient surgical hospital shall receive needed emergency treatment. The agreement shall be within a licensed general hospital capable of providing full surgical, anesthesia, clinical laboratory, and diagnostic radiology service on 30 minutes notice and which has a physician in the hospital and available for emergency service at all times.

12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-410-1240

Derived from VR355-33-500 § 4.10, eff. July 28, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 8, eff. April 1, 1995.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia.