Perioperative Period; Patient Discharge

R4-22-506. Perioperative Period; Patient Discharge An osteopathic physician performing office-based surgery shall ensure all of the following: 1. The physician is physically present in the room where office-based surgery is performed while the office-based surgery is performed; 2. After the office-based surgery is performed and until the patient’s post-sedation monitoring is discontinued, a physician is at the physician’s office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency; 3. If using minimal sedation, the physician or a health care professional certified in ACLS, PALS, or BLS is at the physician’s office and sufficiently free of other duties to respond to an emergency until the patient is discharged; 4. If using moderate or deep sedation, the physician or a health care professional certified in ACLS or PALS is at the physician’s office and sufficiently free of other duties dis- to respond to an emergency until the patient is charged; 5. A discharge is documented in the patient’s medical record including: a. The date and time of the patient’s discharge, and b. A description of the patient’s medical condition at the time of discharge; and 6. The patient receives discharge instructions and receipt of the discharge instructions is documented in the patient’s medical record. Historical Note New Section made by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2654, effective November 8, 2014 (Supp. 14-3).