Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 93 - Hospitals
Subchapter M - Anesthesia Services (Optional)
Section I-9449 - General Provisions
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-9449
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. If anesthesia services are provided, which is mandatory when surgical or obstetric services are provided, they must be provided in a well organized manner under the direction of a qualified doctor of medicine or osteopathy.
B. The standards in this Chapter apply to services for all patients who:
1. receive
general, spinal, or other major regional anesthesia; or
2. undergo surgery or other invasive
procedures when receiving general, spinal, or other major regional anesthesia
and/or intravenous, intramuscular, or inhalation sedation/analgesia, including
conscious sedation, that, in the manner used in the hospital, may result in the
loss of the patient's protective reflexes.
C. Invasive procedures include, but are not limited to, percutaneous aspirations and biopsies, cardiac and vascular catheterization, and endoscopies.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:2100-2115.
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