Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 22 - BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Article 5 - OFFICE-BASED SURGERY
Section R4-22-505 - Sedation Monitoring Standards
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-22-505
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. An osteopathic physician who performs office-based surgery when minimal sedation is administered to a patient shall ensure from the time sedation is administered until post-sedation monitoring begins that a quantitative method of assessing the patient's oxygenation, such as pulse oximetry, is used.
B. An osteopathic physician who performs office-based surgery when moderate or deep sedation is administered to a patient shall ensure from the time sedation is administered until post-sedation monitoring begins that:
1. A quantitative method of assessing the
patient's oxygenation, such as pulse oximetry, is used;
2. The patient's ventilatory function is
monitored by any of the following:
a. Direct
observation,
b. Auscultation,
or
c. Capnography;
3. The patient's circulatory
function is monitored by:
a. Having a
continuously displayed electrocardiogram,
b. Documenting arterial blood pressure and
heart rate at least every five minutes, and
c. Evaluating the patient's cardiovascular
function by pulse plethysmography;
4. The patient's temperature is monitored if
the physician expects the patient's temperature to fluctuate; and
5. A licensed and qualified health care
professional, other than the physician performing the office-based surgery, is:
a. Present throughout the office-based
surgery, and
b. Has the sole
responsibility of attending to the patient.
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