The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has announced it has proposed rules that would require all surgical facilities in the state to be registered and inspected.
The proposed rules apply to surgical practices with no more than one operating room, which are currently regulated as private medical practices under the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners.
Under the proposed rules, these physician surgical practices would have to be inspected and either certified by CMS or accredited by one of four CMS-approved independent accreditation organizations. They would also be required to register annually with the DHSS.
In anticipation of the rule, DHSS reports 128 "one room" physician surgical practices have voluntarily registered with DHSS. There are currently 250 ambulatory surgery centers in New Jersey either licensed by DHSS or certified by CMS.
DHSS submitted the rules to the state Office of Administrative Law for publication in the New Jersey Register on April 18; a 60-day comment period would follow publication of the proposed rules.
Read the DHSS news release about the proposed rules for New Jersey physician surgical practices.
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