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. 12, December 20, 2024

A. If anesthesia services are provided, which is mandatory when surgical or obstetric services are provided, they shall be provided in a well-organized manner in accordance with acceptable, nationally recognized standards of practice and/or guidelines, 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.36:254 and R.S. 40:2100-2115.

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