| (a) Supervision shall be continuous, and shall require that
the delegating physician be physically present and immediately available in
the operating room to personally respond to any emergency until the patient
is released from the operating room and care has been transferred to another
physician. Telecommunication is insufficient for supervision purposes.
(b) It is the obligation of each team of physician(s) and surgical
assistant(s) to ensure that:
(1) the surgical assistant's scope of practice is identified;
(2) delegation of medical tasks is appropriate to the surgical
assistant's level of competence;
(3) the relationship between the members of the team is defined;
(4) that the relationship of, and access to, the supervising
physician is defined;
(5) a process for evaluation of the surgical assistant's performance
is established; and
(6) the physician and surgical assistant comply with the provisions
of Chapter 193 of this title (relating to Standing Delegation Orders) when
applicable.
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