New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 10 - FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTERS
Part 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTERS
Section 7.10.2.27 - MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
Qualified and properly licensed professional and clinical staff shall provide quality family centered maternal and newborn care consistent with the scope of practice authorized under each individual practitioner's license(s). Direct care staff shall have access to consulting clinical specialists and support by administrative and ancillary personnel consistent with the volume of clients enrolled for care and the scope of services offered. The facility shall maintain adequate numbers of professional and support staff on duty, present on premises, and on-call to meet routine service demands, as well as high service demands and emergencies in order to assure client safety, satisfaction, and that no mother in active labor is unattended. The facility shall have on staff at a minimum:
A. a midwife or physician on duty whenever there is a client in the facility in active labor or immediately postpartum;
B. a midwife or physician on immediate call whenever clients are in the facility receiving clinical services;
C. personnel trained in the use of emergency equipment and in BLS and NRP must be on duty whenever a client is within the freestanding birth center receiving clinical services; this includes nighttime hours when clients are within the freestanding birth center in labor or postpartum;
D. an on-site administrator managing the daily operations and implementing the policies and procedures;
E. a clinical director responsible for implementing facility clinical policies;
F. an internal quality committee that ensures the effectiveness of the quality assurance and performance improvement process at the facility; and
G. an external quality committee that provides in-depth peer review.
