2708.1 Operating suites in each adult trauma care facility shall be staffed and equipped to handle each patient brought into the emergency department in need of immediate surgical intervention.

2708.2 Operating suites shall be immediately available twenty-four (24) hours per day. Operating suites in Level I facilities shall be staffed in-house. Operating suites in Level II facilities may be staffed in-house.

2708.3 Each operating suite in Level and Level II facilities shall have equipment suitable for use in adults, including:

1. (a) Thermal control equipment for patients, blood, and fluids;
2. (b) X-ray capability, including C-arm image intensifier available twenty-four (24) hours per day;
3. (c) Endoscope;
4. (d) Craniotomy instruments;
5. (e) Equipment appropriate for fixation of long-bone and pelvic fractures;
6. (f) Bronchoscope; and
7. (g) Rapid Infuser system.

2708.4 Each operating suite in a Level I facility shall have the following capability and equipment, in addition to the requirements set out in § 2708.3:

1. (a) Cardiopulmonary bypass; and
2. (b) Operating room microscope.

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).