# US hospital rules require the pre- and post-anaesthesia evaluations to be done and documented by a person qualified to administer anaesthesia

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20080101-anaesthesiologist-9
Date: 2008-01-01 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

United States, hospitals in Medicare and Medicaid. The condition of participation says anaesthesia policies must delineate pre- and post-anaesthesia responsibilities, and that each patient must have a preanaesthesia evaluation completed and documented by an individual qualified to administer anaesthesia within 48 hours before the procedure, and a postanaesthesia evaluation completed and documented by such an individual no later than 48 hours after it; qualified individuals are anaesthesiologists, other physicians, certain dentists and podiatrists, nurse anaesthetists and anaesthesiologist assistants. Last amended effective 1 January 2008. It does not say who manages pain day to day or bar software that prepares inputs.

## Source

- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations — 42 CFR 482.52, Condition of participation: Anesthesia services (as last amended at 72 FR 66934, effective January 1, 2008) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-G/part-482/subpart-D/section-482.52 (primary source)

## What this means

In US hospitals, assessing a patient before and after anaesthesia is legally a qualified clinician's job.

## What it does not show yet

It names who signs the evaluations, not who manages pain day to day.

## How to verify it yourself

Open 42 CFR 482.52 on eCFR and find "A preanesthesia evaluation completed and documented by an individual qualified to administer anesthesia".


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