Labor-delivery Suite

(A) Labor Room. (1) A labor room shall meet the Labor 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 deliveryprocess. (2) Construction of new units or alterations or additions to existing maternal and newborn units shall provide a minimum of 120 square feet per bed in labor rooms. (B) Cesarean/Delivery Room. (1) A cesarean/deliveryroom shall meet the Cesarean/DeliveryRoom 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. (2) The cesarean/delivery room shall meet the infection control standards of the hospital’s operating rooms. (3) Additional surgical procedures limited to pregnancy related conditions only, such as dilatation and curettage and postpartum tubal ligations, may be performed within the cesarean/delivery room. (4) Construction of new units or alterations or additions to existing maternal and newborn units shall provide at least 400 square feet of space in each cesarean/delivery room, except that such rooms that are not used for cesarean births shall contain at least 300 square feet. (C) Recovery Area. A recovery area shall meet the Recovery Area 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. Hospital policy shall state the types of patient conditions requiring admission to the recovery area.