PROPOSED RULES
(Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery)
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 07-16-143.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Creating new section WAC 246-853-640, for nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures (osteopathic physicians) and creating a new section WAC 246-854-230, for nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures (osteopathic physician assistants).
Hearing Location(s): St. Francis Hospital, Garden Room, 34515 9th Avenue S., Federal Way, WA 98003, on January 21, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: January 21, 2011.
Submit Written Comments to: Erin Obenland, Program Manager, Department of Health, Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98504-7852, web site http://www3.doh.wa.gov/policyreview/, fax (360) 236-2901, by January 7, 2011.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Erin Obenland by January 7, 2011, TTY (800) 833-6388 or 711.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: There is no state law specifically regulating nonsurgical cosmetic procedures, specifically the injection of medication or substances into humans or the use of prescription devices for cosmetic procedures. Rules are needed to clarify this area of medicine and set minimum standards for the performance and the delegation of nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures by osteopathic physicians and osteopathic physician assistants in our state. The proposed rules will establish standards so that osteopathic physicians and osteopathic physician assistants apply the same standards of good medical practice to the performance and delegation of nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The number of offices and clinics nationwide providing nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures is increasing at a rapid rate. More consumers are demanding medical cosmetic procedures, and more physicians and nonphysicians are entering this lucrative field, many without adequate training or an appropriate health care license. The concern is that in these offices and clinics individuals with little or no training, without an appropriate license, or without adequate supervision, are injecting medication or substances into patients, or are using prescription devices on patients.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.57.005, 18.57A.020, 18.130.050.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 18.130.050.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Department of health, board of osteopathic medicine and surgery, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Erin Obenland, 310 Israel Road S.E., Tumwater, WA 98501, (360) 236-4945.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. A small business economic impact statement was not prepared. The proposed rule would not impose more than minor costs on businesses in an industry.
A cost-benefit analysis is required under RCW 34.05.328. A preliminary cost-benefit analysis may be obtained by contacting Erin Obenland, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 236-4945, fax (360) 236-2901, e-mail erin.obenland@doh.wa.gov.
Blake T. Maresh
Executive Director
OTS-1778.3
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-853-640
Nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures.
(1) The purpose of this rule is to set forth the duties and
responsibilities of an osteopathic physician who delegates the
injection of medications or substances for cosmetic purposes
or the use of prescription devices for cosmetic purposes.
These procedures can result in complications such as visual
impairment, blindness, inflammation, burns, scarring,
disfiguration, hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation. The
performance of these procedures is the practice of osteopathic
medicine under RCW 18.57.001(4).
(2) This rule does not apply to:
(a) Surgery;
(b) The use of prescription lasers, noncoherent light, intense pulsed light, radiofrequency, or plasma as applied to the skin. This is covered in WAC 246-853-630 and 246-854-220;
(c) The practice of a profession by a licensed health care professional under methods or means within the scope of practice permitted by such license;
(d) The use of nonprescription devices; and
(e) Intravenous therapy.
(3) Definitions. These definitions apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure" means a procedure or treatment that involves the injection of a medication or substance for cosmetic purposes, or the use of a prescription device for cosmetic purposes.
(b) "Osteopathic physician" means an individual licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW.
(c) "Prescription device" means a device that the federal Food and Drug Administration has designated as a prescription device, and can be sold only to persons with prescriptive authority in the state in which they reside.
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN RESPONSIBILITIES
(4) An osteopathic physician must be appropriately
trained in a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure prior to
performing the procedure or delegating the procedure. The
osteopathic physician must keep a record of his or her
training in the office and available for review upon request
by a patient or a representative of the board.
(5) Prior to authorizing a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure, an osteopathic physician must:
(a) Take a history;
(b) Perform an appropriate physical examination;
(c) Make an appropriate diagnosis;
(d) Recommend appropriate treatment;
(e) Obtain the patient's informed consent;
(f) Provide instructions for emergency and follow-up care; and
(g) Prepare an appropriate medical record.
(6) Regardless of who performs the nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure, the osteopathic physician is ultimately responsible for the safety of the patient.
(7) Regardless of who performs the nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure, the osteopathic physician is responsible for ensuring that each treatment is documented in the patient's medical record.
(8) The osteopathic physician must ensure that there is a quality assurance program for the facility at which nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures are performed regarding the selection and treatment of patients. An appropriate quality assurance program must include the following:
(a) A mechanism to identify complications and untoward effects of treatment and to determine their cause;
(b) A mechanism to review the adherence of supervised health care practitioners to written protocols;
(c) A mechanism to monitor the quality of treatments;
(d) A mechanism by which the findings of the quality assurance program are reviewed and incorporated into future protocols required by subsection (10) of this section and osteopathic physician supervising practices; and
(e) Ongoing training to maintain and improve the quality of treatment and performance of supervised health care practitioners.
(9) An osteopathic physician may not sell or give a prescription device or medication to an individual who does not possess prescriptive authority in the state in which the individual resides or practices.
(10) The osteopathic physician must ensure that all equipment used for procedures covered by this section is inspected, calibrated, and certified as safe according to the manufacturer's specifications.
PHYSICIAN DELEGATION
(11) An osteopathic physician who meets the above
requirements may delegate a nonsurgical medical cosmetic
procedure to a properly trained physician assistant,
registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, provided all the
following conditions are met:
(a) The treatment in no way involves surgery as that term is understood in the practice of medicine;
(b) The osteopathic physician delegates procedures that are within the delegate's lawful scope of practice;
(c) The delegate has appropriate training in, at a minimum:
(i) Techniques for each procedure;
(ii) Cutaneous medicine;
(iii) Indications and contraindications for each procedure;
(iv) Preprocedural and postprocedural care;
(v) Recognition and acute management of potential complications that may result from the procedure; and
(vi) Infectious disease control involved with each treatment.
(d) The osteopathic physician has a written office protocol for the delegate to follow in performing the nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure. A written office protocol must include, at a minimum, the following:
(i) The identity of the osteopathic physician responsible for the delegation of the procedure;
(ii) Selection criteria to screen patients for the appropriateness of treatment;
(iii) A description of appropriate care and follow-up for common complications, serious injury, or emergencies; and
(iv) A statement of the activities, decision criteria, and plan the delegate shall follow when performing delegated procedures, including the method for documenting decisions made and a plan for communication or feedback to the authorizing osteopathic physician concerning specific decisions made.
(e) The osteopathic physician ensures that the delegate performs each procedure in accordance with the written office protocol;
(f) Each patient signs a consent form prior to treatment that lists foreseeable side effects and complications, and the identity and license of the delegate or delegates who will perform the procedure; and
(g) Each delegate performing a procedure covered by this section must be readily identified by a name tag or similar means so that the patient understands the identity and license of the treating delegate.
(12) If an osteopathic physician delegates the performance of a procedure that uses a medication or substance, whether or not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the particular purpose for which it is used, the osteopathic physician must be on-site during the procedure.
(13) If the physician is unavailable to supervise a delegate as required by this section, the osteopathic physician must make arrangements for an alternate physician to provide the necessary supervision. The alternate supervisor must be familiar with the protocols in use at the site, will be accountable for adequately supervising the treatment pursuant to the protocols, and must have comparable training as the primary supervising osteopathic physician.
(14) An osteopathic physician may not permit a delegate to further delegate the performance of a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure to another individual.
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OTS-1779.4
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-854-230
Nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures.
(1) The purpose of this rule is to establish the duties and
responsibilities of an osteopathic physician assistant who
injects medication or substances for cosmetic purposes or uses
prescription devices for cosmetic purposes. These procedures
can result in complications such as visual impairment,
blindness, inflammation, burns, scarring, disfiguration,
hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation. The performance of
these procedures is the practice of medicine under RCW 18.57.001.
(2) This section does not apply to:
(a) Surgery;
(b) The use of prescription lasers, noncoherent light, intense pulsed light, radiofrequency, or plasma as applied to the skin; this is covered in WAC 246-853-630 and 246-854-220;
(c) The practice of a profession by a licensed health care professional under methods or means within the scope of practice permitted by such license;
(d) The use of nonprescription devices; and
(e) Intravenous therapy.
(3) Definitions. These definitions apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure" means a procedure or treatment that involves the injection of a medication or substance for cosmetic purposes, or the use of a prescription device for cosmetic purposes.
(b) "Physician" means an individual licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW.
(c) "Physician assistant" means an individual licensed under chapter 18.57A RCW.
(d) "Prescription device" means a device that the federal Food and Drug Administration has designated as a prescription device, and can be sold only to persons with prescriptive authority in the state in which they reside.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES
(4) An osteopathic physician assistant may perform a
nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure only after the board
approves a practice plan permitting the osteopathic physician
assistant to perform such procedures. An osteopathic
physician assistant must ensure that the supervising or
sponsoring osteopathic physician is in full compliance with
WAC 246-853-640.
(5) An osteopathic physician assistant may not perform a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure unless his or her supervising or sponsoring osteopathic physician is fully and appropriately trained to perform that same procedure.
(6) Prior to performing a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure, an osteopathic physician assistant must have appropriate training in, at a minimum:
(a) Techniques for each procedure;
(b) Cutaneous medicine;
(c) Indications and contraindications for each procedure;
(d) Preprocedural and postprocedural care;
(e) Recognition and acute management of potential complications that may result from the procedure; and
(f) Infectious disease control involved with each treatment.
(7) The osteopathic physician assistant must keep a record of his or her training in the office and available for review upon request by a patient or a representative of the board.
(8) Prior to performing a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure, either the osteopathic physician assistant or the delegating osteopathic physician must:
(a) Take a history;
(b) Perform an appropriate physical examination;
(c) Make an appropriate diagnosis;
(d) Recommend appropriate treatment;
(e) Obtain the patient's informed consent including disclosing the credentials of the person who will perform the procedure;
(f) Provide instructions for emergency and follow-up care; and
(g) Prepare an appropriate medical record.
(9) The osteopathic physician assistant must ensure that there is a written office protocol for performing the nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure. A written office protocol must include, at a minimum, the following:
(a) A statement of the activities, decision criteria, and plan the osteopathic physician assistant must follow when performing procedures under this rule;
(b) Selection criteria to screen patients for the appropriateness of treatment;
(c) A description of appropriate care and follow-up for common complications, serious injury, or emergencies; and
(d) A statement of the activities, decision criteria, and plan the osteopathic physician assistant must follow if performing a procedure delegated by an osteopathic physician pursuant to WAC 246-853-640, including the method for documenting decisions made and a plan for communication or feedback to the authorizing physician concerning specific decisions made.
(10) An osteopathic physician assistant may not delegate the performance of a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure to another individual.
(11) An osteopathic physician assistant may perform a nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedure that uses a medication or substance, whether or not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the particular purpose for which it is used, so long as the osteopathic physician assistant's sponsoring or supervising osteopathic physician is on-site.
(12) An osteopathic physician assistant must ensure that each treatment is documented in the patient's medical record.
(13) An osteopathic physician assistant may not sell or give a prescription device to an individual who does not possess prescriptive authority in the state in which the individual resides or practices.
(14) An osteopathic physician assistant must ensure that all equipment used for procedures covered by this section is inspected, calibrated, and certified as safe according to the manufacturer's specifications.
(15) An osteopathic physician assistant must participate in a quality assurance program required of the supervising or sponsoring physician under WAC 246-853-640.
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