Section 205.135  Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Procedures

Diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures may be performed in an ambulatory surgical treatment center in accordance with the following requirements:

a)         The procedure shall be approved by the facility's consulting committee in accordance with Section 205.130 of this Part.

b)         The procedure shall meet the general exclusion criteria for invasive cardiac procedures in settings without cardiac surgery in Table 2 of the Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Standards (see Section 205.115(a)(1)(E)).

c)         The facility shall meet Criteria C: Cardiac Catheterization and Diagnostic Procedures in the Freestanding Laboratory and Criteria D: Candidates for Same-Day or Ambulatory Cardiac Catheterization of the Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Standards.

(Source:  Added at 26 Ill. Reg. 16556, effective October 25, 2002)