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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Provides that a registered nurse may administer conscious sedation when ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches and when the registered nurse and physician meet specified conditions. Provides a definition of "conscious sedation". Effective immediately.
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Provides that a registered nurse may administer medications for the delivery of local or minimal sedation when ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, podiatrist, or dentist. Provides that if the ambulatory surgical treatment center policy allows the registered nurse to deliver moderate sedation ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, podiatrist, or dentist, the registered nurse and physician, podiatrist, or dentist must meet specified conditions. Requires the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to define local, minimal, and moderate sedation. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that nothing in the Act precludes a registered nurse from administering local anesthesia or minimal sedation or moderate sedation, as defined by rule, ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to define the levels of anesthesia by rule and to list medications for moderate sedation that are permitted under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act as rapidly reversible pharmacologically. Effective immediately.
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