If a hospital provides obstetrical services, the hospital shall comply with the following requirements:

1. (1) Obstetrical services must be under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse on a 24-hour basis.
2. (2) A maternity patient shall only be placed in a room with other maternity patients. The use of maternity rooms for other than maternity patients shall be restricted to noninfected gynecological and surgical patients. A maternity patient with infection shall be isolated in a separate room outside of the obstetrical service.
3. (3) An equipped room must be provided for each patient in labor.
4. (4) At least one delivery room must be provided.

5. (5) A delivery record shall be made for a maternity patient delivering and include, but not be limited to, the following information:

   1. (a) starting time of patient's labor;
   2. (b) time of birth of patient's newborn;
   3. (c) anesthesia used on patient;
   4. (d) whether an episiotomy was performed on patient;
   5. (e) whether forceps were used in delivery;
   6. (f) names of attending physicians;
   7. (g) names of attending nurses;
   8. (h) names of all other persons attending delivery;
   9. (i) sex of the newborn;
   10. (j) time of eye prophylactic treatment and name of drug used.
6. (6) A newborn must be marked for identification before removal from the delivery area.

Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 50-5-103 and 50-5-404, MCA

Implementing statute(s): Sec. 50-5-103, 50-5-204 and 50-5-404, MCA

History: NEW, 1980 MAR p. 1587, Eff. 6/13/80; TRANS, from DHES, 2002 MAR p. 185.