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Office Based
Surgery
Many states have adopted new office
based surgery regulations into law. Specific regulations and
deadlines vary by state.
Bernstein &
Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com),
specialized in healthcare design and construction since the firm’s
founding in 1990, offers valuable expertise to clients looking to
design a new, private medical office suite to conform to the new
office-based surgery regulations.
New York State
office based surgery regulations, as an example, were adapted into
law through NYS Public Health Law section 230-d. This law pertains
to "Licensees” (physicians, physician assistants and specialist
assistants) who perform invasive or surgical procedures using more
than minimal sedation.
The deadline in
New York State for office based surgery facilities to conform to
the new regulation occurred on July 14, 2009. So a licensee who
fails to practice in an accredited setting after July 14, 2009 may
be guilty of professional misconduct. Regulated practices, as
defined in the new law, include any "surgical or other invasive
procedure, requiring general anesthesia, moderate sedation, or
deep sedation, and any liposuction procedure, where such surgical
or other invasive procedure or liposuction is performed by a
licensee in a location other than a hospital [...] excluding minor
procedures and procedures requiring minimal sedation."
In New York
State, as in many states, practitioners have the option of
conforming to one of three accreditation bodies, each of which has
its own set of guidelines: The Joint Commission (JCAHO), the
American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical
Facilities (AAAASF), or the Accreditation Association for
Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
About Bernstein
& Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an
award-winning architectural firm specializing in hospital design,
healthcare design and medical office design. Within the specialty
of medical office design, Bernstein & Associates (www.bernarch.com)
is a well known for office based surgery design to meet relevant
office based surgery guidelines. For more information about
creating a certificable office based surgery plan, please contact
well known office based surgery architect, William N. Bernstein,
LEED®AP, AIA at:
Bernstein &
Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E:
info@bernarch.com
W:
www.bernarch.com
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