Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 8 - Office of Health Policy and Planning
Subpart 90 - Planning and Resource Development
Chapter 04 - Perinatal Care
Section 15-8-90-04-405 - Guidelines for the Operation of Perinatal Units (Obstetrics and Newborn Nursery)
Section 15-8-90-04-405.01 - Organization
Current through September 24, 2024
Obstetrics and newborn nursery services shall be under the direction of a member of the staff of physicians who has been duly appointed for this service and who has experience in maternity and newborn care.
There shall be a qualified professional registered nurse responsible at all times for the nursing care of maternity patients and newborn infants.
Provisions shall be made for pre-employment and annual health examinations for all personnel on this service.
Physical facilities for perinatal care in hospitals shall be conducive to care that meets the normal physiologic and psychosocial needs of mothers, neonates and their families. The facilities provide for deviations from the norm consistent with professionally recognized standards/guidelines.
The perinatal service should have facilities for the following components:
1. Antepartum care and testing
2. Fetal diagnostic services
3. Admission/observation/waiting
4. Labor
5. Delivery/cesarean birth
6. Newborn nursery
7. Newborn special care unit (Level II- Specialty)
8. Newborn Intensive Care Unit (Level III Subspecialty and Level IV -Regional care only
9. Recovery and postpartum care
10. Visitation
