SECTION 137.41. Emergency Services  


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

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

    (A) oxygen;

    (B) newborn manual breathing bags;

    (C) suction equipment for newborns;

    (D) a neutral thermal environment for resuscitation; and

    (E) other medications and equipment as approved by the clinical director.

Source Note: The provisions of this §137.41 adopted to be effective December 2, 2007, 32 TexReg 8507