R432-14-4. General Construction Patient Facilities

  (1) Requirements of section 5.2 of the Guidelines shall be met except as modified in this section.

  (2) When a modification is cited, the modification supersedes conflicting requirements of the Guidelines.

  (3) The facility shall be designed to allow access to service areas and common areas without compromising patient privacy.

  (4) Birth rooms and service areas shall be grouped to form a physically defined service unit.

  (5) Spaces shall be provided for each of the required services.

  (6) Interior finishes, lighting, and furnishings shall reflect a residential rather than an institutional setting.

  (7) Maximum room occupancy shall be one mother and her newborn infant or infants.

  (8) Windows in a birth room with a sight line which permits observation from the exterior shall be arranged or draped to ensure patient privacy.

  (9) Birth rooms shall provide each patient a wardrobe, closet, or locker, having minimum clear dimensions of 24 inches by 20 inches, suitable for hanging full-length garments. A clothes rod and adjustable shelf shall be provided.

  (10) A toilet room with direct access from the birth room shall be accessible to each birth room.

  (a) The toilet room shall contain a toilet and a lavatory. A shower or tub shall be accessible to each birth room and may be located in the toilet room.

  (b) A toilet room may serve two birth rooms.

  (c) All toilet room fixtures shall be handicapped accessible and shall have grab bars in compliance with ADA/ABA-AG.

  (11) Newborn infant resuscitation equipment, including electrical receptacles, oxygen, and suction shall be immediately available to each birth room in addition to resuscitation equipment provided for the mother. Portable oxygen and suction equipment shall be permitted.

  (12) A mechanically exhausted area for storage of facility maintenance materials and equipment shall be provided and may be combined with the environmental services room.

  (13) Special surgical lighting is not required.

  (14) An examination light shall be readily available in each birth room.

  (15) An emergency lighting system is required and must include:

  (a) emergency exit signs;

  (b) sufficient lighting to safely exit the building; and

  (c) an examination light.