Regulation 25

a relevant procedure is not offered to or performed on any patient at any approved permanent premises unless the approved permanent premises has the appropriate equipment and facilities to ensure that the relevant procedure may be carried out safely and effectively;

a relevant procedure is not offered to or performed on any patient for whom that relevant procedure would be inappropriate; and

every medical practitioner or dentist who offers a relevant procedure to a patient documents the reasons for doing so and includes such documentation as part of the patient’s clinical management and care plan.

the medical practitioner or dentist (as the case may be) assesses that the patient is a suitable candidate for the relevant procedure; and

where a relevant procedure may only be performed on an individual who is under deep sedation, general anaesthesia or neuraxial anaesthesia, an anaesthesiologist assesses that the patient is a suitable candidate for the administration of anaesthetics that cause the deep sedation, general anaesthesia or neuraxial anaesthesia, as the case may be.

the taking of a comprehensive medical and surgical history of the patient;

physical examination of the patient; and

the conduct of relevant tests and investigations.