The Canadian Nuclear Cardiology Society invites you to attend the 2nd Annual Robert J Burns Memorial Lecture. Full-text articles are available starting with the 2000 volume, with tables of contents and abstracts from 1996 to the present. To activate your individual online subscription, click Details below, follow the prompts to activate your online access and follow the instructions. The Patient Access Coalition press release and Dr. Zipes testimony follows. . . . General supervision means the procedure is furnished under the physician s overall direction and control, but the physician s presence is not required during the performance of the procedure.
Stress tests are under direct supervision.
Direct supervision in the office setting means the physician must be present in the office suite and immediately available to furnish assistance and direction throughout the performance of the procedure. It does not mean that the physician must be present in the room when the procedure is performed. Supervision levels are effective July 1, 2001. For further information please consult the advocacy page in the member s only section. . . . The first two will be held in Los Angeles and Chicago.