The center shall provide emergency services to clients when a critical situation develops at the center.

1. (1) A center shall have an emergency call system for use when there is a critical situation. The center shall have available in the center personnel trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to be available whenever there is a client in labor or during acute postpartum period.

2. (2) A center shall provide emergency equipment and emergency medications as follows:

   1. (A) oxygen;
   2. (B) newborn manual breathing bags;
   3. (C) suction equipment for newborns;
   4. (D) a neutral thermal environment for resuscitation; and
   5. (E) other medications and equipment as approved by the clinical director.

Source Note:The provisions of this §503.41 adopted to be effective December 2, 2007, 32 TexReg 8507; transferred effective November 29, 2024, as published in the November 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 9022.