Oregon Administrative Rules|Section 847-017-0010 - Licensee Use of Office-Based Surgical Facilities

                                                
Current through Register Vol. 60, No. 12, December 1, 2021 
A licensee performing office-based surgery must ensure that the facility meets standards to ensure patient safety.
 
(1) Facilities where office-based surgeries are performed must comply with all federal and state laws and regulations that affect the practice.
 
(2) Facilities where Level II or Level III office-based surgeries are performed must be accredited by an appropriate, Board-recognized accreditation agency, including the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities (AAAASF), the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), the Joint Commission, or the Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ). Facilities accredited by the Oregon Medical Association (OMA) prior to January 1, 2013, will continue to be recognized as accredited facilities until the accreditation period expires. Licensees of the Board performing office-based procedures in a new or existing facility, must ensure that facility is accredited within one year of the start date of the office-based procedures being performed or the date these rules are adopted, whichever is later. During the period of time the facility is in the accreditation process, the facility will make changes to come into compliance with the Administrative Rules in this Division.
 
(3) Facilities where Level II or Level III office-based surgeries are performed must provide health care personnel who have appropriate education, training and licensure for administration and monitoring of moderate sedation/analgesia, deep sedation/analgesia, general anesthesia or regional block.
 
(4) A licensee who holds a MD or DO degree as well as a DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) or DMD (Doctor of Dental Medicine) degree and is an active member of the Oregon Society of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons (OSOMS) may perform maxillofacial procedures in a facility approved by the OSOMS and function under the administrative rules of the Oregon Board of Dentistry, OAR chapter 818, division 026. For all procedures that are not oral maxillofacial in nature, licensees with medical and dental licenses must follow rules laid out in OAR chapter 847, division 017.
 
Or. Admin. R. 847-017-0010
BME 23-2006, f. & cert. ef. 10-23-06; BME 14-2007, f. & cert. ef. 7-23-07; BME 10-2008, f. & cert. ef. 4-24-08; OMB 33-2013, f. & cert. ef. 10-15-13; OMB 3-2018, amend filed 01/05/2018, effective 1/5/2018
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 677.265 & ORS 679.255
 
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 677.060, ORS 677.265 & ORS 679.255
This section was updated on 3/14/2018 by overlay.