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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 503 - BIRTHING CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER D - OPERATIONAL AND CLINICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES
SECTION/RULE §503.41 - Emergency Services

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 §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.

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