Rule 37.106.3103 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ABORTION CLINICS: PHYSICAL PLANT(1) An abortion clinic must be constructed and maintained so as to prevent as much as possible the entrance and harborage of insects, rodents, and other vermin capable of transmitting disease including, without limitation, rats, mice, mosquitos, and flies.(2) Patient rooms within the abortion clinic must be, at minimum, 100 square feet.(a) There must be 4-foot available space on 1 side of the examination table and 3-feet on all other sides.(3) The facility must have, at minimum, 2 exits no more than 80 feet apart. (a) All exits must have lit egress lighting paths leading to the exits.(4) All corridors within an abortion clinic must be at minimum 6-foot in width.(5) Locks are prohibited on all doors to which a patient may have access.(6) Abortion clinics must comply with all local building authority requirements.(7) Any provision of this rule may be waived at the discretion of the department if conditions in existence prior to the adoption of this rule or construction factors would make compliance extremely difficult or impossible and if the department determines that the level of safety to patients and staff is not diminished.Mont. Admin. r. 37.106.3103
NEW, 2024 MAR p. 2242, Eff. 9/21/2024AUTH: 50-20-903, MCA; IMP: 50-20-903, MCA