[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR416.45]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE

                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

                             HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 416_AMBULATORY SURGICAL SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart C_Specific Conditions for Coverage

 

Sec. 416.45  Condition for coverage--Medical staff.



    The medical staff of the ASC must be accountable to the governing 

body.

    (a) Standard: Membership and clinical privileges. Members of the 

medical staff must be legally and professionally qualified for the 

positions to which they are appointed and for the performance of 

privileges granted. The ASC grants privileges in accordance with 

recommendations from qualified medical personnel.

    (b) Standard: Reappraisals. Medical staff privileges must be 

periodically reappraised by the ASC. The scope of procedures performed 

in the ASC must be periodically reviewed and amended as appropriate.

    (c) Standard: Other practitioners. If the ASC assigns patient care 

responsibilities to practitioners other than physicians, it must have 

established policies and procedures, approved by the governing body, for 

overseeing and evaluating their clinical activities.