Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
The purpose of this section is to provide minimum standards
for a safe and efficient patient care environment consistent with other rules.
The rules are intended to allow flexibility in achieving desired outcomes and
enable birth centers to respond to changes in technologies and health care
innovations.
(1) When a licensee or
applicant is contemplating new construction or major alteration, the licensee
or applicant shall:
(a) Under chapters 70.40
RCW and 246-329 WAC, submit an application and construction documents to the
department's construction review services program for all new construction and
major alterations, as defined in WAC
246-329-010. In addition to the
application and construction documents, the construction review services
program may require documentation of approval from local zoning commissions,
fire departments, and building departments, if applicable;
(b) Respond in writing when the department
requests additional or corrected construction documents;
(c) Not begin construction until the
construction documents are approved by the local jurisdictions and same local
jurisdictions have issued any required permits;
(d) Complete construction consistent with the
final "department approved" documents;
(e) Notify the department in writing when
construction is completed; and
(f)
Submit to the department a copy of the local jurisdictions' certificate of
occupancy.
(2) A
childbirth center applicant or licensee must, through its design, construction
and necessary permits demonstrate compliance with the following codes and local
jurisdiction standards:
(a) The state building
code as adopted by the state building code council.
(b)
Accepted Procedure and Practice
in Cross-contamination Control, Pacific Northwest Edition, 9th Edition,
American Waterworks Association; and
(c) If planning on caring for patients with
mycobacterium tuberculosis, Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission
of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health Care Facilities, 1994. Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Volume 43, October 28, 1994.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.46 RCW and RCW 43.70.040.
07-07-075, § 246-329-065, filed 3/16/07, effective
4/16/07.
