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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 7. Health and Social Services. |
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Part 7.1. Administration. |
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Chapter 7.12. Facilities and Local Units. |
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Article 7.12.3. General Acute Care, Rural Primary Care, Long-term Acute Care, and Critical Access Hospitals. |
Section 7.12.140. Critical care service.
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(a) If a hospital has a critical care service, a physician must have overall responsibility for the medical supervision of it. (b) A registered nurse with education and experience in critical care nursing must also be responsible for supervision and operation of the service. (c) Written criteria for determining patient admissions and discharge must be approved by the medical staff or, if the hospital has one, the critical care service committee. (d) Emergency equipment and supplies, as determined by the medical staff or critical care service committee if the hospital has one, must be readily available.
Authorities
18.20.010;18.20.060