- (1) Staff trained in the use of emergency equipment and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be available whenever there is a patient in the abortion clinic.
- (2) The following equipment shall be available to the operating room: emergency call system; oxygen; assistance equipment, including airways and manual breathing bag; sonography; and emergency drugs and supplies specified by the medical staff.
- (3) The abortion clinic must have a written transfer agreement with a hospital, critical access hospital, or rural emergency hospital, for transfer of patients experiencing a medical emergency.
(4) The abortion clinic must have policies and procedures in the event of emergency with documented staff training in:
- (a) hemorrhage;
- (b) perforation;
- (c) respiratory distress/arrest;
- (d) anaphylaxis; and
- (e) emergency transfer to the facility with which the abortion clinic has a written transfer agreement.
Authorizing statute(s): 50-20-903, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 50-20-903, MCA
History: NEW, 2024 MAR p. 2242, Eff. 9/21/24.