Section R9-10-912. Nursing Services

An administrator shall appoint a registered nurse as the director of nursing who:

1.        Is responsible for the management of the outpatient surgi- cal center’s nursing services;

2.        Ensures that policies and procedures are established, doc- umented, and implemented for nursing services provided in the outpatient surgical center;

3.        Ensures that the outpatient surgical center is staffed with sufficient nursing personnel, based on the number of patients, the health care needs of the patients, and the out- patient surgical center’s scope of services;

4.        Participates in quality management activities;

5.        Designates a registered nurse, in writing, to manage an outpatient surgical center’s nursing services when the director of nursing is not present on the outpatient surgi- cal center’s premises;

6.        Ensures that a nurse who is not directly assisting the sur- geon is responsible for the functioning of an operating room while a surgical procedure is being performed in the operating room;

7.        Ensures that a registered nurse is present in the:

a.         Recovery  room  when  a  patient  is  present  in  the recovery room, and

b.        Outpatient surgical center until all patients are dis- charged; and

8.        Ensures that a nurse documents in a patient’s medical record that the patient or the patient’s representative has received written discharge instructions.

Historical Note

Adopted effective October 20, 1982 (Supp. 82-5). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective February 17, 1995 (Supp. 95-1). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 338, effective March 16, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective Octo- ber 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemak-

ing at 20 A.A.R. 1409, pursuant to Laws 2013, Ch. 10, §

13; effective July 1, 2014 (Supp. 14-2).