Section 265.2300  Equipment

The birth center shall have sufficient client care equipment and space to assure the safe, effective and timely provision of the available services to clients, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

a)         A heat source for infant examination or resuscitation;

b)         Transfer incubator or isolette;

c)         Blood pressure equipment;

d)         Thermometers;

e)         Fetoscope/doptone;

f)         Intravenous equipment;

g)         Sterilizer;

h)         Resuscitation equipment;

i)          Oxygen equipment for maternal and neonate uses;

j)          Instruments for delivery, episiotomy and repair; and

k)         Other supplies and equipment specified by the medical director and Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services.