Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) A qualified consulting committee shall be
appointed in writing by the operator and/or owner of the Postsurgical Recovery
Care Center Model and shall establish and enforce standards for professional
work in the Model and standards of competency for medical staff. The consulting
committee shall meet not less than quarterly and shall document all meetings
with written minutes. These written minutes shall be maintained at the Model
and shall be available for inspection by the Department.
1) The consulting committee shall review
development and content of the written policies and procedures of the
Postsurgical Recovery Care Center Model, the procedures for granting
privileges, and the quality of the postsurgical recovery care services
provided. Evidence of such review shall be recorded in the minutes.
2) Credentials shall be provided by those
physicians, dentists, and podiatrists seeking admitting privileges. These
credentials shall be reviewed by the consulting committee, and specific
practice privileges shall be available for the Model's staff use and public
information within the Model.
3)
Each member of the medical staff granted specific admitting privileges shall
provide documentation indicating the name of the Illinois licensed hospital(s)
where they have privileges, which include approval to perform at least the same
level of services which the physician seeks to provide in the Model. Such
statements or documentation shall be available for inspection by the
Department. A list of privileges granted each medical staff member of the
Postsurgical Recovery Care Center Model shall be available at all times for use
by the staff of the Postsurgical Recovery Care Center Model and for inspection
by Department staff.
b)
A physician shall be designated "Medical Director."
1) The Medical Director shall assure
compliance with the policies and procedures pertaining to medical procedures,
approved by the consulting committee.
2) The Medical Director shall be responsible
for the implementation of medical policies and procedures contained in the
Model's policies and procedures governing the professional personnel involved
in direct care of patients.
3) The
Medical Director shall establish and assure compliance of standards for the
observation of patients by nursing personnel during the postoperative
period.
c) A qualified
physician shall be on-call and able to be physically present in the Model
within 15 minutes after a request from the nurse in charge at all times when
patients are present in the Postsurgical Recovery Care Center Model.
d) The qualified consulting committee in a
licensed ambulatory surgical treatment center may act as the consulting
committee in the Postsurgical Recovery Care Center Model.