Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Chapter 9 - Licensing of Anesthesiologist Assistants
Section 20 CSR 2150-9.130 - Code of Ethics of the Anesthesiologist Assistant Profession
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The following principles delineate the standards governing the conduct of anesthesiologist assistants in their professional interactions with patients, colleagues, other health professionals and the general public. While no code can encompass all ethical responsibilities of an anesthesiologist assistant, this enumeration of obligations in the Code of Ethics is not comprehensive and does not constitute a denial of the existence of other obligations, equally imperative, though not specifically mentioned. The anesthesiologist assistant is unique in that he or she is educated as a member of a team and not as an autonomous professional. The physician, not the anesthesiologist assistant, assumes ultimate responsibility for decisions regarding care of the patient. In this relationship, it is possible that ethical principles of the anesthesiologist assistant may sometimes differ from those of the supervising physician. The following principles are intended as guidelines to be used as a resource when trying to decide the morally proper behavior in a given situation. The anesthesiologist assistant should demonstrate respect for the dignity and individuality of his or her patients, colleagues, and other members of the health professions. Above all the anesthesiologist assistant must maintain the utmost respect for human life.
(1) Anesthesiologist assistants shall:
*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995 and 334.414, RSMo 2003.