Section 844IAC5-5-19. Standards for procedures performed in office-based settings

   (a) Because sedation is a continuum, it is not always possible to predict how an individual patient will respond. Practitioners intending to produce a given level of sedation must be able to rescue a patient whose level of sedation becomes deeper than initially intended. Practitioners administering deep sedation/analgesia in an office-based setting, or directing or supervising the administration of deep sedation/analgesia in an office-based setting, must be able to rescue patients who enter a state of general anesthesia. Practitioners administering moderate sedation/analgesia in an office-based setting, or directing or supervising the administration of moderate sedation/analgesia in an office-based setting, must be able to rescue patients who enter a state of deep sedation/analgesia.

  (b) Practitioners administering regional anesthesia, or supervising or directing the administration of regional anesthesia, must be knowledgeable about the risks of regional anesthesia and the interventions required to correct any adverse physiological consequences that may occur in the administration of regional anesthesia.

  (c) A health care provider may not administer or monitor an anesthetic agent containing alkylphenols in an office-based setting unless the health care provider is:

(1) trained in the administration of general anesthesia; and

(2) not involved in the conduct of the procedure.

(Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; 844 IAC 5-5-19; filed Apr 24, 2008, 1:41 p.m.: 20080521-IR-844070842FRA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2014, 10:09 a.m.: 20141231-IR-844140391RFA)