§ 137.13. Labor rooms.
The labor and delivery unit shall be considered a semirestricted area. The hospital shall establish and post appropriate restrictions to limit entry into this unit to authorized persons only. There shall be at least one labor room, properly equipped, for each delivery room. It shall provide privacy and be convenient to the delivery room. In an emergency, a properly equipped labor room may be used as a delivery room. The number of beds in a labor room or other rooms used for this purpose shall not exceed two. Beds used by patients in labor shall be equipped with protective sides.
Authority The provisions of this § 137.13 issued under 67 Pa.C.S. § § 6101—6104; and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 (71 P. S. § 755-2).
Source The provisions of this § 137.13 amended September 19, 1980, effective September 20, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 3761. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (37897).
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