Rules & Regulations of the Medical Staff

6.9(b)
PRN orders shall include indications for administration.
		6.9(c)	Medical orders for medicine and treatment shall be prescribed by a licensed practitioner.
		6.9(d)	When prescribing investigational drugs, members of the Medical Staff shall abide by the rules and regulations of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and the Institutional Review Board, as approved by the Medical Executive Committee.
	6.10	Orders and progress notes shall include any revisions, revocations, or other alterations to a patient's Advance Directive, the date thereof, and reasons therefor; the nature, cause, extent and probable duration of the patient's loss of decision making capacity, should that occur; and documentation that the patient and/or proxy has been notified of the patient's loss of decision-making ability.
	6.11	A Doctor of Pharmacy may write and/or amend orders for dosing of medication with a physician’s co-signature within 24 hours.
SURGICAL PATIENTS
	Surgical patients shall have a history and physical examination recorded before any surgical operation is undertaken, unless the surgeon certified in writing that any delay incurred for this purpose would constitute a hazard to the patient. When such history and physical examinations are not recorded at the time surgery is scheduled, the operation shall be canceled, unless the surgeon records that cancellation of the surgery would jeopardize the patient.