R432-103-16. Emergency Services  


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  • (1) Each specialty hospital shall have the ability to provide emergency first aid treatment to patients, staff, visitors, and to persons who may be unaware of or unable to immediately reach services in other facilities (an equivalent of the Joint Commission's Level IV emergency service).

    (2) Provisions shall include a treatment room, storage for supplies and equipment, provisions for reception and control of patients, convenient patient toilet room, and communication hookup and access to a poison control center.

    (3) Any additional or expanded emergency services offered must comply with the provisions of the appropriate sections of R432-100-16.

    (4) Provision for protocols for contacting local emergency medical services.