Must someone be on site while a patient is treated in Arkansas?
Oversight · part of The Practice Perimeter
(d)(1) The person administering anesthesia shall be physically present during the intraoperative period and shall be available until the patient has been discharged from anesthesia care. (2) They must be licensed, qualified, and working within their scope of practice as defined by state law.
17 CAR § 140-2904(d) (Office-based surgery — anesthesia) · verified Sep 4, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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(2) The physician, when delegating these minor procedures, must comply with the following protocol:
17 CAR § 140-1601(b)(2) (Laser surgery guidelines — protocol) · verified Sep 4, 2026
A physician shall not: (1) Transfer his or her responsibility for supervising an unlicensed person in the performance of a delegated medical practice except to another physician who has knowingly accepted that responsibility; (2) Authorize or permit an unlicensed person to whom a medical practice is delegated to delegate the performance of that practice to another person; (3) Delegate to an unlicensed person the administration of anesthesia;
17 CAR § 140-2506(1)-(3) (Physician delegation — prohibitions) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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