Alabama Administrative Code
Title 540 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 540-X-10 - OFFICE-BASED SURGERY
Section 540-X-10-.03 - Standards For Each Level Of Anesthesia - Preoperative Assessment
A medical history, a physical examination consistent with the type and level of anesthesia and/or analgesia and the level of surgery to be performed, and the appropriate laboratory studies should be performed by a practitioner qualified to assess the impact of co-existing disease processes on surgery and anesthesia. A pre-anesthetic examination and evaluation should be conducted immediately prior to surgery by the physician or by a qualified person who will be administering or directing the anesthesia. If a qualified person will be administering the anesthesia, the physician shall review with the qualified person the pre-anesthesic examination and evaluation. The data obtained during the course of the pre-anesthesia evaluations (focused history and physical, including airway assessment and significant historical data not usually found in a primary care or surgical history 6 that may alter care or affect outcome) should be documented in the medical record.
Authors: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners ad hoc Committee: Arthur F. Toole, III, M.D.; Jorge A. Alsip, M.D.; James G. Chambers, III, M.D.; Craig H. Christopher, M.D.; Alcus Ray Hudson, M.D.; Pamela D. Varner, M.D.; James E. West, M.D.; and Task Force Sub-Committee: Jeff Plagenhoef, M.D.; Eric Crum, M.D.; Dan J. Coyle, Jr., M.D.; Gary Monheit, M.D.; Robert Hurlbutt, IV, M.D.; C. Paul Perry, M.D.; W. Guinn Paulk, M.D.; Mark McIlwain, D.M.D., M.D.; Jerald Clanton, D.M.D., M.D.; Patrick J. Budny, M.D.; James W. Northington, M.D.; David Franco, M.D.; Thomas E. Moody, M.D.
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-24-53.
