Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS: LICENSING
Article 9 - OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTERS
Section R9-10-907 - Admission
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-10-907
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. A medical staff member shall only admit patients to the outpatient surgical center who:
1. Do not require planned inpatient care,
and
2. Are discharged from the
outpatient surgical center within 24 hours.
B. Within 30 calendar days before a patient is admitted to an outpatient surgical center, a medical staff member shall complete a medical history and physical examination of the patient.
C. The individual who is responsible for performing a patient's surgical procedure shall document the preoperative diagnosis and the surgical procedure to be performed in the patient's medical record.
D. An administrator shall ensure that the following documents are in a patient's medical record before the patient's surgery:
1. A medical history
and the physical examination required in subsection (B),
2. A preoperative diagnosis and the results
of any laboratory tests or diagnostic procedures relative to the surgery and
the condition of the patient,
3.
Evidence of informed consent by the patient or patient's representative for the
surgical procedure and care of the patient,
4. Health care directives, and
5. Physician orders.
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