105 CMR, § 130.622

Current through Register 1533, October 25, 2024
Section 130.622 - Labor-delivery - Recovery-postpartum Room (Single Room Maternity Care)
(A) A labor-delivery - recovery-postpartum room shall meet the Labor-delivery - Recovery-postpartum Room requirements set forth in administrative guidelines of the Department based on the Facility Guidelines Institute's Guidelines as referenced in 105 CMR 130.107, and additionally must provide emergency medications, appropriate clinical equipment to monitor, stabilize and resuscitate the mother and newborn(s), and assistive equipment to facilitate patient involvement in the delivery process.
(B) There shall be written policies and procedures for the labor-delivery-recovery- postpartum room that shall include, at a minimum, provisions for the following:
(1) Admission criteria.
(2) Criteria for transfer to the cesarean/delivery room.
(3) Restriction of anesthesia to local or regional modes.
(C) Construction of new units or alterations or additions to existing maternal and newborn units shall provide a minimum of 250 square feet of floor space for each labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum room.

105 CMR, § 130.622

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1343, eff. 4/7/2017.