New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 35 - BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter 4A - SURGERY, SPECIAL PROCEDURES AND ANESTHESIA SERVICES PERFORMED IN AN OFFICE SETTING › Section 13:35-4A.12 - Alternative privileging procedure

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A practitioner who seeks to provide or supervise the administration and monitoring of general or regional anesthesia, as well as moderate sedation, in an office, but does not hold privileges at a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgery center to do so, shall submit, to the Board, an application for these privileges. To be eligible to apply for these privileges, an applicant shall meet the following criteria and submit an application that documents the applicant's fulfillment of these criteria:
1. Demonstration of clinical experience, through an attestation as to the number of procedures for which general or regional anesthesia was provided by the applicant in the last two years for all age groups of patients within the applicant's practice for which privileges are requested;
2. Any one of the following:
i. Current certification in anesthesiology granted by the American Board of Anesthesiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology or any other certification entity that the applicant demonstrates has standards of comparable rigor;
ii. Successful completion of a residency training program in anesthesiology accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA); or
iii. Supervised training in residency, fellowship or other equivalent experience in another field and active participation in the examination process leading to certification in anesthesiology; and
3. Possess clinical competence to perform the anesthesia services or procedures authorized by the requested privileges, with such competence confirmed by the following:
i. Three references submitted directly by plenary licensed physicians addressing the applicant's current competence based on personal knowledge obtained either during a residency training completed during the two years preceding the application or through personal observation during the two years preceding the application;
ii. Submission of a log listing all patients for whom the applicant provided any of the anesthesia services in an office setting or licensed ambulatory care facility setting for which privileges have been requested during the two years preceding the date of the application. The log shall include a patient number, the type of anesthesia service provided, the surgery or special procedure performed and the date(s) of service. Patient names and other identifying data shall be redacted. The applicant shall maintain a list or other means to identify the patient, based on the number included in the log;
iii. Identification of any patients in the log who have experienced complications relating to the applicant's provision of anesthesia services in an office setting or licensed ambulatory care facility setting and their resulting outcomes; and
iv. Submission of no fewer than five patient records or charts (or the pertinent portions thereof with patient names redacted) which have been identified and requested by the Board or other reviewing entity, designated pursuant to (e) below, along with a completed case summary form for each submitted case, utilizing such forms as are provided in the application materials.