34-23A-51Promulgation of rules--Minimum standards for abortion facilities.

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of a license to operate an abortion facility. The department shall adopt, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, minimum standards to protect the health and safety of a patient of an abortion facility. The rules shall establish minimum standards regarding:

(1)    Facility safety and sanitation;

(2)    Qualifications and supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel;

(3)    Emergency equipment and procedures to provide emergency care;

(4)    Medical records and reports;

(5)    Procedure and recovery rooms;

(6)    Infection control;

(7)    Medication control;

(8)    Quality assurance;

(9)    Facility and laboratory equipment requirements, sanitation, testing, and maintenance;

(10)    Information on and access to patient follow-up care; and

(11)    Patient screening, assessment, and monitoring.

Source: SL 2006, ch 182, § 7.