Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37.106 - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 37.106.31 - Minimum Standards for Abortion Clinics
Rule 37.106.3109 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ABORTION CLINICS: EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 37.106.3109

Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024

(1) Staff trained in the use of emergency equipment and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be available whenever there is a patient in the abortion clinic.

(2) The following equipment shall be available to the operating room: emergency call system; oxygen; assistance equipment, including airways and manual breathing bag; sonography; and emergency drugs and supplies specified by the medical staff.

(3) The abortion clinic must have a written transfer agreement with a hospital, critical access hospital, or rural emergency hospital, for transfer of patients experiencing a medical emergency.

(4) The abortion clinic must have policies and procedures in the event of emergency with documented staff training in:

(a) hemorrhage;

(b) perforation;

(c) respiratory distress/arrest;

(d) anaphylaxis; and

(e) emergency transfer to the facility with which the abortion clinic has a written transfer agreement.

AUTH: 50-20-903, MCA; IMP: 50-20-903, MCA

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