Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-217 - Emergency Services
A. An
administrator of a general hospital or a rural general hospital shall ensure
that:
1. Emergency services are provided 24
hours a day in a designated area of the hospital;
2. Emergency services are provided as an
organized service under the direction of a medical staff member;
3. The scope and extent of emergency services
offered are documented in the hospital's scope of services;
4. Emergency services are provided to an
individual, including a woman in active labor, requesting emergency
services;
5. If emergency services
cannot be provided at the hospital to meet the needs of a patient in an
emergency, measures and procedures are implemented to minimize risk to the
patient until the patient is transported or transferred to another
hospital;
6. A roster of on-call
medical staff members is available in the emergency services area;
7. There is a chronological log of emergency
services provided to patients that includes:
a. The patient's name;
b. The date, time, and mode of arrival;
and
c. The disposition of the
patient including discharge, transfer, or admission; and
8. The chronological log required in
subsection (A)(7) is maintained:
a. In the
emergency services area for at least 12 months after the date of the emergency
services; and
b. By the hospital
for at least an additional four years.
B. An administrator of a special hospital
that provides emergency services shall comply with subsection (A).
C. An administrator of a hospital that
provides emergency services, but does not provide perinatal organized services,
shall ensure that emergency perinatal services are provided within the
hospital's capabilities to meet the needs of a patient and a neonate, including
the capability to deliver a neonate and to keep the neonate warm until transfer
to a hospital providing perinatal organized services.
D. An administrator of a hospital that
provides emergency services shall ensure that a room used for seclusion in a
designated area of the hospital used for providing emergency services, complies
with applicable physical plant health and safety codes and standards for
seclusion rooms a secure hold room as described in the American Institute of
Architects and Facilities Guidelines Institute, Guidelines for Design and
Construction of Health Care Facilities, incorporated by reference in
R9-10-104.01.
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