Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 22 - BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Article 5 - OFFICE-BASED SURGERY
Section R4-22-506 - Perioperative Period; Patient Discharge
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
An osteopathic physician performing office-based surgery shall ensure all of the following:
1. The physician is physically present in the room where office-based surgery is performed while the office-based surgery is performed;
2. After the office-based surgery is performed and until the patient's post-sedation monitoring is discontinued, a physician is at the physician's office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency;
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 moderate or deep 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:
6. The patient receives discharge instructions and receipt of the discharge instructions is documented in the patient's medical record.
