Call Systems
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, §§ 3, 71, and 72Department of Public Health
- (A) A nurse’s and attendant’s calling station shall be installed at each resident bedside, in each resident’s toilet, bath and shower room, and in the following additional areas: resident dining room, treatment room, physical therapy rooms, special care room, activity rooms, television rooms, and sitting rooms, consultation rooms and beauty parlor and barber shop.
- (B) The nurse’s call in the toilet, bath and shower rooms shall be an emergency call. A nurse’s call station pull cord shall be reachable by a resident lying on the floor near each toilet and each shower enclosure.
- (C) All calls shall register at the nurse’s or attendant’s station and actuate a visible signal in the corridor by the room where the call originates.
- (D) In rooms containing two or more calling stations, indicating lights shall be provided at each calling station.
- (E) Nurse’s call systems which provide two-way communication shall be equipped with an indicating light at each calling station which lights and remains lighted as long as the voice circuit is operative.
- (F) In an HB/LTCF, the call system shall not be routinely connected to the hospital call and paging system.
- (G) If a wireless nurse call system is used in lieu of an analog wired call system or digital wired call system, it shall comply with UL Standard 1069: Hospital Signaling and Nurse Call Equipment.