WSR 99-02-059
INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed January 6, 1999, 9:04 a.m.]
notice of adoption of interpretive statement
Title: 1. Can a surgical technologist draw medications and inject them into a patient under the direction of a registered nurse or MD?
2. If an MD has established an MD/patient relationship, does the MD have to be present as the RN initiates conscious sedation? The RN has ACLS certification and the MD is notified of the nurse initiating the conscious sedation. The MD is in-house.
Issuing Entity: Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission.
Subject: The commission issued an advisory opinion in response to the request from Marianne Houlne, RN.
Effective Date: November 13, 1998.
Contact Person: Jeanne E. Vincent, RN, MS, Associate Nurse Practice Manager, Department of Health, Nursing Care Commission, P.O. Box 47864, Olympia, WA 98504-7864, (360) 236-4725.