Section R9-10-507. Admission

A.      An administrator shall ensure that a physician only admits patients to the recovery care center who require recovery care services, as defined in A.R.S. § 36-448.51.

B.       An administrator shall ensure that the following documents are in a patient's medical record at the time the patient is admitted to the recovery care center:

1.        A medical history and physical examination performed or approved by a member of the recovery care center’s med- ical staff within 30 calendar days before the patient’s admission to the recovery care center,

2.        A discharge summary from the referring health care insti- tution or physician,

3.        Physician orders, and

4.        Documentation concerning health care directives.

Historical Note

Adopted as an emergency effective October 26, 1988, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 88-4). Emergency expired. Readopted without change as an emergency effective January 27, 1989, pur- suant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp.

89-1). Emergency expired. Readopted without change as an emergency effective April 27, 1989, pursuant to

A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 89-2).

Emergency expired. Readopted without change as an emergency effective July 31, 1989, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 89-3). Permanent rules adopted with changes effective October 30, 1989 (Supp. 89-4). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective April 4, 1994 (Supp. 94-2). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R.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, pursuant to Laws 2013, Ch. 10, § 13; effective July 1, 2014 (Supp.

14-2).