Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 34 - HOSPITALS
Section 28-34-131 - Operation of the facility
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-34-131
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Each applicant and each licensee shall be responsible for the operation of the facility.
(b) Each applicant and each licensee shall:
(1) Ensure compliance
with all applicable federal, state, and local laws;
(2) serve as or designate a medical director
who is a physician licensed by the Kansas state board of healing arts and who
has no limitations to the license that would prohibit the physician's ability
to serve in the capacity as a medical director of a facility; and
(3) ensure the following documents are
conspicuously posted at the facility:
(A) The
current facility license issued by the department; and
(B) the current telephone number and address
of the department.
(c) Each applicant and each licensee shall ensure that written policies and procedures are developed and implemented for the operation of the facility. The policies and procedures shall include the following requirements:
(1) An organized
recordkeeping system to meet the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-144 ;
(2) documentation of personnel
qualifications, duties, and responsibilities to meet the requirements in K.A.R.
28-34-132 ;
(3) that the facility
is designed, constructed, equipped, and maintained to protect the health and
safety of patients, staff, and visitors to meet the requirements in K.A.R.
28-34-133 through 28-34-136 ;
(4)
ensure proper and adequate medical screening and evaluation of each patient to
meet the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-137 ;
(5) consent is obtained from each patient
before the procedure;
(6) safe
conduct of abortion procedures to meet the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-138
;
(7) the appropriate use of
anesthesia, analgesia and sedation to meet the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-138
;
(8) ensure the use of appropriate
precautions for any patient undergoing a second or third trimester abortion to
meet the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-138 ;
(9) post-procedure care of patients to meet
the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-139 ;
(10) identify and ensure a physician with
admitting privileges at an accredited hospital located within 30 miles of the
facility is available during facility hours of operation;
(11) if indicated, the transfer of any
patient and newborn child to a hospital to meet the requirements in K.A.R.
28-34-140 ;
(12) follow-up and
aftercare for each patient receiving an abortion procedure in the facility to
meet the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-141 ;
(13) a written plan for risk management to
meet the requirements in K.A.R. 28-34-142, including policies and procedures
for staff member or volunteer reporting of any clinical care concerns;
and
(14) ensure that incidents that
require reporting to the department are completed as required in K.A.R.
28-34-143 .
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