Section 1220.540  Approved Programs in Anesthesiology

a)         Conscious Sedation in the Dental Office Setting

                        The anesthesiology training program shall:

1)         Include a minimum of 60 hours of didactic and clinical study that includes training in conscious sedation (both light and deep), physical evaluation, venipuncture, technical administration, recognition and management of complications and emergencies, and monitoring with additionally supervised experience in providing conscious sedation to 20 or more patients; and

2)         Be an organized sequence of study operated by one entity and completed in less than one calendar year.

b)         Deep Sedation or General Anesthesia

1)         An approved training program in anesthesiology to administer deep sedation or general anesthesia shall be 2 calendar years that includes a minimum of 200 hours of didactic and 2,000 hours of clinical training.

2)         The didactic aspect may precede the clinical training or it may be offered in an integrated manner.  The trainee must receive the equivalent of 2 calendar years, on a consecutive basis, not to exceed 3 years, as the minimum required to provide an acceptable clinical and didactic program in comprehensive pain control.  Both lectures and seminars are appropriate for providing the didactic training.  The didactic subject matter shall include:

A)        The basic sciences (physiology, pharmacology, anatomy, biochemistry).  The instruction shall not be based only on its relationship to a limited technical practice of anesthesia but shall also provide the opportunity for a thorough understanding of the processes of respiration, circulation, kidney function and liver function;

B)        Patient evaluation (physical diagnosis and internal medicine);

C)        Psychological aspects of human behavior and management of pain;

D)        Techniques of pain control, including physical, psychological and pharmacological methods; and

E)         Management of related emergencies and complications.

3)         If the advanced training is obtained in a hospital based residency in anesthesiology, the training shall be restricted to those hospitals having anesthesia training programs approved by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association or American Dental Association or American Dental Society of Anesthesiology.

c)           An anesthesiology training program shall be based in a university or hospital.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 18286, effective December 13, 2002)