Basic Mandates

Surgical procedures should be of a duration and degree to permit safe recovery and discharge from the facility.

Patients receiving anesthetic agents other than topical or local anesthesia should be supervised in the immediate post discharge period by a responsible adult for at least 12-24 hours, depending on the operation and anesthesia used. -Changes in facility ownership must be reported to the AAAASF Office within thirty (30) days.

Any death occurring in an accredited facility, or any death occurring within thirty (30) days of a surgical procedure performed in an accredited facility, must be reported to the AAAASF office within five (5) business days after the facility is notified or otherwise becomes aware of that death. In addition to this notification, the death must also be reported as an unanticipated operative sequelae in the biannual Peer Review report. In the event of a death occurring within thirty (30) days of an operation done in an AAAASF accredited facility, an unannounced inspection will be done by a senior inspector.

All individuals using the facility must meet one of the following criteria:

  1. A Doctor of Medicine certified or eligible for certification by one of the member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS medical or surgical specialty).
  2. A Doctor of Osteopathy certified or eligible for certification by the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists (AOABS).
  3. A podiatrist certified or eligible for certification by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery (ABPS).
  4. An oral and maxillofacial surgeon certified or eligible for certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS).

Every physician, podiatrist, and oral and maxillofacial surgeon operating in an AAAASF accredited facility, must hold, or must demonstrate that they have held, unrestricted hospital privileges in their specialty at an accredited and/or licensed acute care hospital within thirty (30) minutes of the accredited facility for all operations that they perform within the facility. Only surgical procedures included in those hospital privileges may be performed within the AAAASF accredited facility. A physician must be present when anesthesia other than strictly local is being administered in Class B, Class C-M, and C accredited facilities.