New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter V - Medical Facilities
Subchapter C - State Hospital Code
Article 2 - Medical Facility Construction
Part 712 - Standards Of Construction For General Hospital Facilities
Subpart 712-1 - Standards For General Hospital Construction Projects Approved Or Completed Prior To October 14, 1998
Section 712-1.5 - Newborn nursery units
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
The newborn nursery unit, if provided, shall be separate from other units except the obstetrical suite and the maternity patient nursing unit and so located as to prevent through traffic. The newborn nursery unit shall comply with the following:
(a) No room used as a nursery shall communicate directly with any other nursery or room except an accessory room.
(b) Cubicles are prohibited, other than in facilities that were granted a waiver for cubicles prior to September 1, 1955.
(c) Pass through windows between nurseries and accessory rooms and nurseries and corridors are prohibited.
(d) There shall be a minimum of one well-infant nursery bassinet for each maternity bed, exclusive of the provisions made for the housing of premature infants.
(e) Space for one observation bassinet shall be provided for every 10 well-infant bassinets or major fraction thereof.
(f) Where newborn infants are cared for in a rooming-in program, a nursery shall be provided for these infants.
(g) Each nursery unit shall include the following:
(h) In hospitals with 25 or more maternity beds, a premature nursery shall be required, and shall be provided with an accessory room, as described for well infants.
(i) A janitor's closet shall be provided.
(j) A standby formula room for preparation of infant feedings and for equipment reception and washing shall be provided. The formula room, equipment and supplies, when not in use, may be designated for other clean purposes. The formula room shall not directly access the nursery or nursery accessory room, and may be located elsewhere in the hospital. The formula room shall include the following: