N.J. Admin. Code § 10:54-2.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 10:54-2.3 - Physician personal direction of an Advanced Practice Nurse specializing in anesthesia

(a) Anesthesia services provided by an Advanced Practice Nurse specializing in anesthesia (APN/Anesthesia), according to the conditions for practice in N.J.A.C. 13:37-13.1 and 13.2, shall be eligible for reimbursement provided:

1. The APN/Anesthesia is employed by a physician who is a specialist in anesthesia;

2. The physician specialist is an approved provider in the New Jersey Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare program; and

3. The physician specialist submits the claim for services rendered under his or her Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare Provider Billing Number.

(b) The APN/Anesthesia's services shall be performed under the personal direction of the employer anesthesiologist throughout the period of anesthesia. (See N.J.A.C. 10:54-2.2 for rules related to personal direction.) When personally directing an APN/Anesthesia, the anesthetist shall:

1. Be free from other professional duties;

2. Be in the operating suite, within visual and/or auditory range throughout the period of personal direction; and

3. Not be involved in the care of more than two cases under anesthesia at the same time.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:54-2.3

Amended by R.2012 d.124, effective 7/2/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1477(a), 44 N.J.R. 1884(a).
Section was "Physician personal direction of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA)". In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "an Advanced Practice Nurse specializing in anesthesia (APN/Anesthesia)" for "Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA)"; in (a)1, substituted "APN/Anesthesia" for "CRNA"; in (a)2 and (a)3, inserted "/NJ FamilyCare"; and in the introductory paragraph of (b), substituted "APN/Anesthesia's" for "CRNA's" and "an APN/Anesthesia" for "a CRNA".