North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter B - LICENSING OF HOSPITALS
Section .4100 - EMERGENCY SERVICES
Section 13B .4101 - EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITY REQUIRED
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
The medical staff of each facility shall require that facility personnel are capable of initiating life-saving measures at a first-aid level of response for any patient or person in need of such services. This shall include:
(1) initiating basic cardio-respiratory resuscitation according to American Red Cross or American Heart Association standards;
(2) availability of first-line emergency drugs as specified by the medical staff;
(3) availability of IV fluids and supplies required to establish IV access; and
(4) establishing protocols or agreements for the transfer of patients to a facility for a higher level of care when these services are not available on site.
Authority
G.S.
131E-79;
Eff. January 1,
1996;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 22,
2017.
