The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of a license to operate an abortion facility. The department shall adopt, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, minimum standards to protect the health and safety of a patient of an abortion facility. The rules shall establish minimum standards regarding:
- (1) Facility safety and sanitation;
- (2) Qualifications and supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel;
- (3) Emergency equipment and procedures to provide emergency care;
- (4) Medical records and reports;
- (5) Procedure and recovery rooms;
- (6) Infection control;
- (7) Medication control;
- (8) Quality assurance;
- (9) Facility and laboratory equipment requirements, sanitation, testing, and maintenance;
- (10) Information on and access to patient follow-up care; and
- (11) Patient screening, assessment, and monitoring.
Source: SL 2006, ch 182 , § 7.