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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 511LIMITED SERVICES RURAL HOSPITALS
SUBCHAPTER COPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
RULE §511.55Surgical Services

(ee) The operating room register shall be complete and up-to-date. The register shall contain, but not be limited to, the following:

  (1) patient's name and hospital identification number;

  (2) date of operation;

  (3) operation performed;

  (4) operating surgeon and assistant(s);

  (5) type of anesthesia used and name of person administering it;

  (6) time operation began and ended;

  (7) time anesthesia began and ended;

  (8) disposition of specimens;

  (9) names of scrub and circulating personnel;

  (10) unusual occurrences; and

  (11) disposition of the patient.

(ff) An operative report describing techniques, findings, and tissue removed or altered shall be written or dictated immediately following surgery and signed by the surgeon.

(gg) Before discharge from the LSRH, each patient must be evaluated for proper anesthesia recovery by a qualified practitioner, as specified in subsection (k) of this section, as applicable.

(hh) All patients are discharged in the company of a responsible adult, except those exempted by the practitioner who performed the surgical procedure.


Source Note: The provisions of this §511.55 adopted to be effective October 5, 2023, 48 TexReg 5668

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