The Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of a license to operate a birth center. The department shall adopt, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, minimum standards to protect the health and safety of mothers and infants of a birth center. The rules shall establish minimum standards regarding:

1. (1) Facility safety, including fire safety and construction, ADA accessibility, and sanitation;
2. (2) Qualifications and supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel, including certification in neonatal and maternal CPR;
3. (3) Emergency equipment and procedures to provide emergency care;
4. (4) Medical records and reports;
5. (5) Birthing room requirements, including minimum size requirements;
6. (6) Support areas for patients, including toilet, hand washing station, and bath/shower facility;
7. (7) Infection control, including cleaning and laundry requirements, scrub area, decontamination, disinfection, sterilization, and storage of sterile supplies, storage for soiled product, and disposal of medical waste;
8. (8) Medication control;
9. (9) Quality assurance;
10. (10) Information on and access to patient follow-up care;
11. (11) Informed consent and disclosure requirements;
12. (12) Patient screening, assessment, and monitoring, including transport protocols and physician referral protocols; and
13. (13) Administrative and public areas, including staff support areas, reception area, family room, public restroom with toilet and hand washing station, nourishment area, record storage, and provisions for drinking water.

Source: SL 2011, ch 155 , § 7.