N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.42 - Emergency Services (EMR)

(a) The functions included in the Emergency Services (EMR) cost center are as follows:

1. Emergency Services provide emergency treatment to sick and injured patients requiring medical care on an immediate, unscheduled basis. Also included shall be non-emergency type patients who request outpatient treatment on an unscheduled basis in the Emergency Room.

2. Functions shall include the following: assisting critical patients to and from vehicles; expediting treatment for critical patients for ancillary services; coordinating emergency admissions; operation of an ambulance; operation of cast room; assisting physicians in emergency treatment; cleaning and dressing wounds; applying casts; maintaining aseptic conditions; monitoring vital signs.

(b) Units of Service: Visits.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.42

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.44 and amended by R.2000 d.29, effective 1/18/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 3151(a), 32 New Jersey Register 276(a).
In (a), substituted "included in the Emergency Services (EMR) cost center" for "of the Emergency Services (EMR)" in the introductory paragraph. Former N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.42, Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NNI), recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.40.