N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-19.11

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43G-19.11 - Labor and delivery staff time and availability

(a) There shall be at least one registered professional nurse present whenever a patient is in a labor area. Nurse staffing assignments for patients in active labor shall be determined by patient acuity levels.

(b) All deliveries shall be attended by an obstetrician, a physician with obstetrical privileges, a certified nurse-midwife or an obstetric resident with at least three years of training.

(c) There shall be at least one registered professional nurse attending the patient once she reaches full dilation until she enters the recovery phase of delivery.

(d) If oxytoxics are administered, the following shall occur within one hour prior to administration: the patient shall be examined vaginally by either a physician with obstetric privileges, a certified nurse midwife or an advance practice nurse in accordance with hospital bylaws, and electronic fetal heart rate monitoring shall be initiated.

(e) All obstetrics departments shall have the capability of starting an emergency cesarean section within 30 minutes of the decision to perform a cesarean section.

(f) A health professional certified in neonatal resuscitation shall be available within the obstetrics unit for each delivery.

(g) A pediatrician or pediatric resident shall be present in the delivery room for all high-risk deliveries.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-19.11

Amended by R.1992 d.72, effective 2/18/1992.
See: 23 New Jersey Register 2590(a), 24 New Jersey Register 590(a).
Physician to examine patient prior to use of oxytoxics; neonatal resuscitation to be available when infant is present.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:43G-19.13 and amended by R.1999 d.436, effective 12/20/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 367(a), 31 New Jersey Register 614(a), 31 New Jersey Register 4293(c).
Rewrote the section.