Allergy Injections

Question:

After a physician has signed off an order for the administration of allergy injections, is he/she required to sign off on each allergy injection administered by his staff?

Answer:

Allergy immunotherapy is not under the diagnostic guidelines but rather the incident to guidelines. The physician should provide direct supervision and the physician should indicate a review of the allergy injection schedule during follow-up. A guideline has not been published indicating that the physician must sign off on each individual injection.

*This response is based on the best information available as of 08/03/23.