2809.1 In each pediatric trauma care facility, the postanesthetic recovery room (PAR), which may be the Surgical Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), shall be staffed and equipped as follows:

1. (a) Registered nurses and other essential personnel twenty-four (24) hours per day;
2. (b) Equipment for the continuous monitoring of temperature, hemodynamics, and gas exchange;
3. (c) Equipment for the continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure;
4. (d) Pulse oximetry; and
5. (e) Thermal control.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 8779 (October 29, 1999); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 3933 (April 16, 2004) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7277 (July 23, 2004).