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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 10.12.01.09" title_num="10" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="01" heading="Emergency Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Basic Life Support. Licensed personnel employed by the facility shall have certification in basic life support. A licensed staff individual trained in basic life support shall be on duty whenever there is a patient in the facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The facility shall have:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A registered nurse available on site for emergency treatment whenever there is a post-operative surgical abortion patient in the facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>At least one physician available by phone 24 hours a day to respond to emergency situations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When sedation or general anesthesia is administered, the facility shall have at least the following emergency equipment available to the procedure rooms:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Oxygen;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Mechanical ventilatory assistance including airways and manual breathing bag;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Automated external defibrillator (AED);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Equipment to monitor blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen levels;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Suction equipment; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Emergency medical equipment and supplies specified by the medical staff.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>When general anesthesia is administered, a facility shall have available in the procedure room:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Laryngoscopes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Endotracheal tubes; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Cardiac monitoring equipment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>