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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 137BIRTHING CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER DOPERATIONAL AND CLINICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES
RULE §137.41Emergency Services

The center shall provide emergency services to clients when a critical situation develops at the center.

  (1) A center shall have an emergency call system for use when there is a critical situation. The center shall have available in the center personnel trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to be available whenever there is a client in labor or during acute postpartum period.

  (2) A center shall provide emergency equipment and emergency medications as follows:

    (A) oxygen;

    (B) newborn manual breathing bags;

    (C) suction equipment for newborns;

    (D) a neutral thermal environment for resuscitation; and

    (E) other medications and equipment as approved by the clinical director.

Source Note: The provisions of this §137.41 adopted to be effective December 2, 2007, 32 TexReg 8507

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