Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 3 - Practice
Chapter 73 - Office-Based Surgery
Subchapter A - General Provisions
Section XLV-7305 - Exemptions
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XLV-7305
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. This Chapter shall not apply to the following surgical procedures or clinical settings:
1. exempt surgical procedures include those:
a. that do not involve a drug induced
alteration of consciousness and do not require the use of anesthesia or an
anesthetic agent, those using only local, topical or regional anesthesia or
those using a single oral dose of a sedative or analgesic which is appropriate
for the unsupervised treatment of anxiety or pain; and/or
b. performed by a physician oral and
maxillofacial surgeon under the authority and within the scope of a license to
practice dentistry issued by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry;
2. excepted clinical settings
include:
a. a hospital, including an
outpatient facility of the hospital that is separated physically from the
hospital, an ambulatory surgical center, abortion clinic or other medical
facility that is licensed and regulated by the Louisiana Department of Health
and Hospitals;
b. a facility
maintained or operated by the state of Louisiana or a governmental entity of
this state;
c. a clinic maintained
or operated by the United States or by any of its departments, offices or
agencies; and
d. an outpatient
setting currently accredited by one of the following associations or its
successor association:
i. the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations relating to ambulatory surgical
centers;
ii. the American
Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities;
or
iii. the Accreditation
Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270(A)(1), 37:1270(B)(6).
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