Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-16-705 - Perioperative Period; Patient Discharge

A physician performing office-based surgery using sedation shall ensure all of the following:

1. During office-based surgery using sedation, the physician is physically present in the room where office-based surgery is performed;

2. After the office-based surgery using sedation is performed, a physician is at the physician's office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency until the patient's post-sedation monitoring is discontinued;

3. If using minimal sedation, the physician or a health care professional certified in ACLS, PALS, or BLS is at the physician's office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency until the patient is discharged;

4. If using deep or moderate sedation, the physician or a health care professional certified in ACLS or PALS is at the physician's office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency until the patient is discharged;

5. A discharge is documented in the patient's medical record including:

a. The time and date of the patient's discharge, and

b. A description of the patient's medical condition at the time of discharge; and

6. A patient receives discharge instructions and documents in the patient's medical record that the patient received the discharge instructions.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-16-705

New Section made by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 380, effective January 8, 2008 (Supp. 08-1).