§34-9-89. Treatment of patients under 12 years of age.  


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  • When oral conscious sedation is used on any patient under 12 years of age, the following provisions shall apply:

    (1) The drugs, dosages, and techniques used should carry a margin of safety which is unlikely to render the patient noninteractive and nonarousable.

    (2) Appropriately sized emergency equipment must be available.

(Act 2005-298, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 563, §10; Act 2011-571, p. 1165, §1.)