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Regulation .10 Endovascular Interventional Services.

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A hospital designated as a thrombectomy-capable primary stroke center shall have:
A.
Interventional services promptly available 24 hours a day with appropriately trained support staff and necessary equipment;
B.
Interventional services that include:
(1)
Intra-arterial reperfusion therapy; and
(2)
Stenting/angioplasty of intracranial vessels;
C.
A neurointerventionalist who may be a Board-certified/Board-eligible neuroradiologist, neurologist, or neurosurgeon on-call with a 45-minute arrival time to the hospital;
D.
An on-call schedule for a primary and a back-up neurointerventionalist; and
E.
A written protocol to accept the inter-facility transfer of acute ischemic stroke patients requiring endovascular therapy that includes communication and feedback to the sending facility.