1. A. The following space and bed guidelines shall be provided for specific patient care areas.

   1. 1. Adult Patient Room

      1. a. 4 beds per room maximum:
      2. b. 100 sq. ft. (9.29 sq. m.) for single room;
      3. c. 80 sq. ft. (7.43 sq. m.) per bed for multi-bed rooms;
      4. d. 3'8" (1.12 m.) minimum clearance at foot of bed in multi-bed rooms.

   2. 2. Adult Intensive Care Unit

      1. a. 120 sq. ft. (11.15 sq. m.) for single bed rooms or Intensive Care Unit Cubicles;
      2. b. 7'10" (2.13 m.) clearance between beds.

   3. 3. Obstetrical Care―Levels I, II, and III*

      1. a. Labor Room

         1. i. **Minimum of 140 sq. ft. per private room
         2. ii. **Minimum of 100 sq. ft. for each bed in multiple-bed rooms

      2. b. Delivery Room

         1. i. **Minimum of 350 sq. ft. of floor space

   4. 4. Neonatal Care (Nursery)

      1. a. Levels I and II*

         1. i. **Maximum of 24 bassinets per nursery room
         2. ii. **Minimum of 2 feet between bassinets
         3. iii. Minimum of 20 sq. ft. per infant in normal newborn area
         4. iv. **Minimum of 40 sq. ft. per infant in admission-observation area

      2. b. Level III* (Newborn Intensive Care)

         1. i. **Minimum of 6 ft. between bassinets or incubators
         2. ii. Minimum of 80 sq. ft. per infant
2. *Note: Levels are defined in the following document: "Obstetrical and Neonatal Guidelines Regionalization of Perinatal Care in the State of Louisiana," Commission on Perinatal Care, February, 1980, amended February 1982.

3. **Note: These standards conform to the new guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in "Guidelines for Perinatal Care," 1983.

   1. 5. Pediatrics

      1. a. 6 cribs/beds maximum per room for pediatric/adolescent room;
      2. b. 60 sq. ft. (5.57 sq. m.) per cribs/beds.

   2. 6. Out Patient

      1. a. 80 sq. ft. (7.43 sq. m.) for general and special exam rooms;
      2. b. 120 sq. ft. (11.15 sq. m.) for out patient treatment rooms.

   3. 7. Operating Room

      1. a. 360 sq. ft. (33.45 sq. m.) per room.

   4. 8. Cystoscopy-Type Room

      1. a. 250 sq. ft. (23.23 sq. m.) per room.

4. B. [Formerly paragraph 19:044] Present Enforceable Standards with which Hospitals Must Comply Include the Following Parts from This Code

   1. 1. Part II. The Control of Diseases
   2. 2. Part V. Disease Vector Control
   3. 3. Part VII. Milk, Milk Products, and Manufactured Milk Products
   4. 4. Part VIII. Frozen Desserts
   5. 5. Part IX. Seafood (Marine and Freshwater Animal Food Products)
   6. 6. Part XII. Water Supplies
   7. 7. Part XIII. Sewage Disposal
   8. 8. Part XIV. Plumbing
   9. 9. Part XXIII. Retail Food Establishments
   10. 10. Part XXVI. Burial, Transportation, Disintermentor or other Disposition of Dead Human Bodies

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(10) and R.S. 40:5(3).

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1396 (June 2002).