Nev. Admin. Code § 630.Sec. 18 - NEW
1. An anesthesiologist who utilizes the
services of an anesthesiologist assistant shall provide notice of that fact to
any patient of the anesthesiologist. If the anesthesiologist provides a patient
with a form on which the patient may provide informed consent to treatment,
such notice must be included on the form.
2. Notice provided pursuant to subsection 1
must include, without limitation:
(a) An
explanation of the role of the anesthesiologist assistant; and
(b) An explanation that the anesthesiologist
assistant is not a physician and provides anesthesia care to a patient only
under the constant medical direction of a supervising
anesthesiologist.
3. The
supervising anesthesiologist of an anesthesiologist assistant shall:
(a) Communicate with the anesthesiologist
assistant regarding the care of all patients;
(b) Adopt a written protocol regarding the
practice and supervision of anesthesiologist assistants that meets the
requirements of subsection 4; and
(c) Provide a copy of the written protocol
adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) to:
(1) Each
anesthesiologist assistant that the supervising anesthesiologist supervises;
and
(2) The Board, upon request of
the Board.
4.
A written protocol regarding the practice and supervision of anesthesiologist
assistants adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 must:
(a) Comply with the provisions of this
chapter and chapter 630 of NRS with regard to the tasks that the
anesthesiologist assistant may perform;
(b) Detail the tasks that the
anesthesiologist assistant may perform and the manner in which the supervising
anesthesiologist will supervise the anesthesiologist assistant in the
performance of those tasks;
(c)
Provide for regular review by the supervising anesthesiologist of the medical
records of any patients delegated to the anesthesiologist assistant;
and
(d) Be based upon consideration
of relevant quality assurance standards.
5. A supervising anesthesiologist may not
simultaneously supervise a greater number of anesthesiologist assistants than
authorized by federal law or regulations governing Medicare and Medicaid, or
any guidance adopted pursuant thereto.
Notes
NRS 630.130 and section 10 of Assembly Bill No. 270, chapter 247, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1548
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