SECTION 464.027. Registered nurse first assistant.
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1(1) 2LEGISLATIVE INTENT.4-5The purposes of this section are to:
12(a) 13Encourage the use of registered nurse first assistants who meet the qualifications of this section as “assistants at surgery” by physicians and hospitals to provide quality, cost-effective surgical intervention to health care recipients in the state.
49(b) 50Provide for reimbursement for the registered nurse first assistant from managed health care agencies, state agencies, workers’ compensation carriers, and private insurance companies.
73(2) 74DEFINITIONS.75-76As used in this section, the term:
83(a) 84“Perioperative nursing” means a practice of nursing in which the nurse provides preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative nursing care to surgical patients.
105(b) 106“Recognized program” means a program that:
1121. 113Addresses all content of the Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc. Core Curriculum for the Registered Nurse First Assistant, and
1332. 134Includes 1 academic year, defined as 45 hours of didactic instruction and 120 hours of clinical internship or its equivalent of 2 college semesters.
158(c) 159“Registered nurse first assistant” means a person who meets the qualifications listed in this section.
174(3) 175QUALIFICATIONS.176-177A registered nurse first assistant is any person who:
186(a) 187Is licensed as a registered nurse under this part;
196(b) 197Is certified in perioperative nursing; and
203(c) 204Holds a certificate from, and has successfully completed, a recognized program.
215(4) 216INSTITUTIONAL POWERS.218-219Each health care institution must establish specific procedures for the appointment and reappointment of registered nurse first assistant staff members and for granting, renewing, and revising their clinical privileges.
