10A NCAC 14E .0303. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The governing authority shall prepare a manual of clinic policies and procedures for use by employees, medical staff, and contractual physicians to assist them in understanding their responsibilities within the organizational framework of the clinic.  These shall include:

(1)           Patient selection and exclusion criteria, and clinical discharge criteria.

(2)           Policy and procedure for each type of abortion procedure performed at the clinic.

(3)           Protocol for determining fetal age.

(4)           Protocol for referral of patients for whom services have been declined.

(5)           Protocol for discharge instructions that informs patients who to contact for post-procedural emergencies.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 14‑45.1(a);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. December 19, 1977;

Amended Eff. July 1, 1994.