PURPOSE: This rule specifies the requirements for post-anesthesia recovery services in a hospital.
- (1) Post-anesthesia recovery services, if provided, shall be under the medical direction of a qualified physician member of the medical staff and appointed by the governing body. This director shall be responsible for implementing the rules of the medical staff governing post-anesthesia recovery services.
- (2) A qualified registered professional nurse shall direct and evaluate the nursing care provided by post-anesthesia recovery services.
- (3) A post-anesthesia recovery record documenting patient care shall be a permanent part of the patient’s medical record.
- (4) Patients receiving post-anesthesia recovery care shall be closely observed by qualified personnel until each patient is stabilized for safe transfer. Written procedures for discharge from the post-anesthesia recovery service shall be approved by the medical staff.
- (5) There shall be a mechanism for the review and evaluation on a regular basis of the quality and appropriateness of post-anesthesia recovery services provided.
AUTHORITY: sections 192.006 and 197.080, RSMo 2000 and 197.154, RSMo Supp. 2007.* This rule was previously filed as 19 CSR 30-20.021(4)(G). Original rule filed June 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008.
*Original authority: 192.006, RSMo 1993, amended 1995; 197.080, RSMo 1953, amended 1993, 1995; and 197.154, RSMo 2004.