2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-34.2 - Nurse Anesthetists
§ 5-34.2-2 - Definitions.
SECTION 5-34.2-2
§ 5-34.2-2 Definitions. – (a) "Board" means the board of nurse registration and nurse education established in § 5-34-4.
(b) "Certified registered nurse anesthetist" (CRNA) means a registered nurse who has successfully met the requirements stated in this chapter.
(c) "Practice of certified registered nurse anesthesia" means providing certain health care services under the supervision of anesthesiologists, licensed physicians, or licensed dentists in accordance with § 5-31.1-1(16) which requires substantial specialized knowledge, judgment and skill related to the administration of anesthesia, including preoperative and postoperative assessment of patients; administering anesthetics; monitoring patients during anesthesia; management of fluid in intravenous therapy and management of respiratory care.
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