Q33 Is the doctor present throughout, or only for key steps?
Doctors are responsible for finalizing the design, administering or directing anesthesia, core surgical procedures and intraoperative decisions. Nurses assist under medical supervision with graft separation and storage, instruments, positioning and other support.
The entire surgery-day process.
The Physicians Law's provisions on registered doctors' scope of practice and the Nurses Regulation's provisions on nursing practice.
Operating-room nurses assist with extraction, separation and implantation and perform circulating duties. Doctors are responsible for key medical decisions and surgical procedures. Nurses do not diagnose, prescribe or design treatment plans.
Doctors lead assessment, preoperative testing, design marking and signed confirmation, anesthesia, extraction, graft separation and storage, implantation and intraoperative checks. Operating-room nurses assist with extraction, separation and implantation and perform circulating duties. You may verify each operator's identity before and during surgery and request written confirmation of personnel and key records.