Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 137 - BIRTHING CENTERS
Subchapter D - OPERATIONAL AND CLINICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES
Section 137.48 - Labor and Birth Procedures

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 137.48

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Labor and birth shall be managed and attended by a birth attendant.

(b) The birth attendant shall be trained in the use of emergency equipment.

(c) A center shall ensure that its birth attendants encourage a client to seek medical care if the birth attendant recognizes a sign or symptom of a complication to the client's childbirth.

(d) Other clinical care provider(s) and/or a birth attendant, shall be physically present in the center whenever a client is in the center until the client is discharged. The clinical care provider shall be capable of performing the following minimum duties:

(1) monitoring the fetal heartbeat;

(2) monitoring the mother's blood pressure, pulse, and temperature;

(3) performing adult and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if needed;

(4) monitoring the newborn's heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature; and

(5) assessing the client's fundus and blood loss.

(e) A birth attendant shall be physically present to conduct the delivery and be available during the acute postpartum period.

(f) Interventions shall be limited to those required to accomplish a vaginal delivery.

(g) No general, epidural, or subdural anesthetic agent shall be administered in a center.

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