Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-22-505

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section R4-22-505 - Sedation Monitoring Standards
A. An osteopathic physician who performs office-based surgery when minimal sedation is administered to a patient shall ensure from the time sedation is administered until post-sedation monitoring begins that a quantitative method of assessing the patient's oxygenation, such as pulse oximetry, is used.
B. An osteopathic physician who performs office-based surgery when moderate or deep sedation is administered to a patient shall ensure from the time sedation is administered until post-sedation monitoring begins that:
1. A quantitative method of assessing the patient's oxygenation, such as pulse oximetry, is used;
2. The patient's ventilatory function is monitored by any of the following:
a. Direct observation,
b. Auscultation, or
c. Capnography;
3. The patient's circulatory function is monitored by:
a. Having a continuously displayed electrocardiogram,
b. Documenting arterial blood pressure and heart rate at least every five minutes, and
c. Evaluating the patient's cardiovascular function by pulse plethysmography;
4. The patient's temperature is monitored if the physician expects the patient's temperature to fluctuate; and
5. A licensed and qualified health care professional, other than the physician performing the office-based surgery, is:
a. Present throughout the office-based surgery, and
b. Has the sole responsibility of attending to the patient.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-22-505

New Section made by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2655, effective 11/8/2014.