Labor-delivery - Recovery Room

(A) A labor-delivery - recovery room shall meet the Labor-delivery - Recovery 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 room that shall include, at a minimum, provisions for the following: (1) Admission criteria. (2) Criteria for transfer to the cesarean/delivery birth room. (3) Restriction of anesthesia to local or regional modes. (4) Care of the normal newborn including the minimum length of time the infant remains in the labor-delivery-recovery room. (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-recoveryroom. (D) The labor-delivery-recovery room shall have single patient occupancy.