Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS: LICENSING
Article 3 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INPATIENT FACILITIES
Section R9-10-314 - Physical Health Services
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-10-314
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. An administrator shall ensure that:
1. Medical
services are provided under the direction of a physician or registered nurse
practitioner;
2. Nursing services
are provided:
a. Under the direction of a
registered nurse,
b. According to
an acuity plan developed for the behavioral health inpatient facility,
and
c. To meet the needs of a
patient based on the patient's acuity; and
3. If a behavioral health inpatient facility
is authorized to provide:
a. Clinical
laboratory services, as defined in
R9-10-101, the
behavioral health inpatient facility complies with the requirements for
clinical laboratory services in R9-10-219; or
b. Radiology services or diagnostic imaging
services, the behavioral health inpatient facility complies with the
requirements in
R9-10-220.
B. An administrator shall ensure that, if a patient requires immediate medical services to ensure the patient's health and safety that the behavioral health inpatient facility is not authorized or not able to provide, a personnel member arranges for the patient to be transported to a hospital, another health care institution, or a health care provider where the medical services can be provided.
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