- (a) Each office-based surgery shall be within the scope of practice of the physician.
- (b) Each office-based surgery shall be of a duration and complexity that can be undertaken safely and that can reasonably be expected to be completed, with the patient discharged, during normal operational hours.
- (c) Before the office-based surgery, the physician shall evaluate and record the condition of the patient, any specific morbidities that complicate operative and anesthesia management, the intrinsic risks involved, and the invasiveness of the planned office-based surgery, or any combination of these.
(d)
- (1) The person administering anesthesia shall be physically present during the intraoperative period and shall be available until the patient has been discharged from anesthesia care.
- (2) They must be licensed, qualified, and working within their scope of practice as defined by state law.
(e)
- (1) Each patient shall be discharged only after meeting clinically appropriate criteria.
- (2) These criteria shall include, at a minimum, the patient's vital signs, the patient's responsiveness and orientation, the patient's ability to move voluntarily, and the ability to reasonably control the patient's pain, nausea, or vomiting, or any combination of these.