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ConstraintCognitive automation2008-01-01
US hospital rules require the pre- and post-anaesthesia evaluations to be done and documented by a person qualified to administer anaesthesia
Anaesthesiologist / anaesthetistoccupation page →
Event date / reported
2008-01-01
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Pre-operative assessment and planning
Examining the patient, reviewing history, medicines and risks, and deciding the anaesthetic plan.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Recovery and pain management
Waking the patient safely, handing over to recovery staff, and planning pain relief after surgery.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
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.
What this means
In US hospitals, assessing a patient before and after anaesthesia is legally a qualified clinician's job.
What it does not yet show
It names who signs the evaluations, not who manages pain day to day.
What you can check
Open 42 CFR 482.52 on eCFR and find "A preanesthesia evaluation completed and documented by an individual qualified to administer anesthesia".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 2 linked task judgements above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
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) · verified 2026-10-09 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-09 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.