- (a) A hospital which provides pediatric heart surgery shall meet the standards in this chapter for a cardiovascular surgery program for adults.
(b) In addition, the following criteria shall be met by a pediatric heart surgery program:
- (1) The facility shall be capable of providing definitive diagnostic and therapeutic services for children with all types of cardiovascular disease.
- (2) A diagnostic laboratory with radiographic and cardiac catheterization equipment generally similar to that for adults. Bi-plane cineangiography shall be readily available 24 hours per day, and laboratories (both catheterization and general chemical) shall be equipped for small volume samples.
- (3) Surgical equipment appropriate for newborns, infants and children.
- (4) Intensive care facilities for newborns (as defined by current American Academy of Pediatrics/American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Guidelines for Perinatal Care), infants and children.
- (5) All staff responsible for care of the pediatric patient shall have experience and training in pediatrics including both physiological and psychosocial needs of the patient.