2709. POSTANESTHETIC RECOVERY ROOM (PAR)

2709 POSTANESTHETIC RECOVERY ROOM (PAR) 2709.1 In each adult trauma care facility, the postanesthetic recovery room (PAR), which may be the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, shall be staffed and equipped as follows: (a) Registered nurses and other essential personnel twenty-four (24) hours per day; (b) Equipment for the continuous monitoring of temperature, hemodynamics, and gas exchange; (c) Equipment for the continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure; (d) Pulse oximetry; (e) Reserved; and (f) Thermal control. SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 8741 (October 29, 1999); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 3915 (April 16, 2004) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7260 (July 23, 2004).