Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-10-217

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-10-217 - Emergency Services

A. An administrator of a general hospital or a rural general hospital shall ensure that:

1. Emergency services are provided 24 hours a day in a designated area of the hospital;

2. Emergency services are provided as an organized service under the direction of a medical staff member;

3. The scope and extent of emergency services offered are documented in the hospital's scope of services;

4. Emergency services are provided to an individual, including a woman in active labor, requesting emergency services;

5. If emergency services cannot be provided at the hospital to meet the needs of a patient in an emergency, measures and procedures are implemented to minimize risk to the patient until the patient is transported or transferred to another hospital;

6. A roster of on-call medical staff members is available in the emergency services area;

7. There is a chronological log of emergency services provided to patients that includes:

a. The patient's name;

b. The date, time, and mode of arrival; and

c. The disposition of the patient including discharge, transfer, or admission; and

8. The chronological log required in subsection (A)(7) is maintained:

a. In the emergency services area for at least 12 months after the date of the emergency services; and

b. By the hospital for at least an additional four years.

B. An administrator of a special hospital that provides emergency services shall comply with subsection (A).

C. An administrator of a hospital that provides emergency services, but does not provide perinatal organized services, shall ensure that emergency perinatal services are provided within the hospital's capabilities to meet the needs of a patient and a neonate, including the capability to deliver a neonate and to keep the neonate warm until transfer to a hospital providing perinatal organized services.

D. An administrator of a hospital that provides emergency services shall ensure that a room used for seclusion in a designated area of the hospital used for providing emergency services, complies with applicable physical plant health and safety codes and standards for seclusion rooms a secure hold room as described in the American Institute of Architects and Facilities Guidelines Institute, Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, incorporated by reference in R9-10-104.01.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-217

Adopted effective February 23, 1979 (Supp. 79-1). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 2785, effective October 1, 2002 (Supp. 02-2). Section R9-10-217 renumbered to R9-10-218; new Section R9-10-217 renumbered from R9-10-216 and amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1583, effective 10/1/2019. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3481, effective 11/5/2019.