NAC449.6123. Intensive care facility: General requirements.

     1. An approved hospital shall maintain an intensive care facility within the hospital. The facility must:

     (a) Have accommodations which can isolate patients;

     (b) Have a sufficient system for controlling temperature to maintain comfortable conditions for the patients and members of the hospital’s staff; and

     (c) Be equipped to provide continuous electrocardiographic monitoring of each patient in the facility.

     2. Each bed in the intensive care facility must be equipped with:

     (a) Outlets for suction and oxygen; and

     (b) Adequate lighting for illuminating minor surgical procedures.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-31-89)