Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1514 - Equipment Standards

A licensee shall ensure that:

1. Equipment and supplies are maintained in a:

a. Clean condition, and

b. Quantity sufficient to meet the needs of patients present in the abortion clinic;

2. Equipment to monitor vital signs is in each room in which an abortion is performed;

3. A surgical or gynecologic examination table is used for an abortion;

4. The following equipment and supplies are available in the abortion clinic:

a. Equipment to measure blood pressure;

b. A stethoscope;

c. A scale for weighing a patient;

d. Supplies for obtaining specimens and cultures and for laboratory tests; and

e. Equipment and supplies for use in a medical emergency including:

i. Ventilatory assistance equipment,

ii. Oxygen source,

iii. Suction apparatus, and

iv. Intravenous fluid equipment and supplies; and

f. Ultrasound equipment;

5. In addition to the requirements in subsection (4), the following equipment is available for an abortion procedure performed after the first trimester:

a. Drugs to support cardiopulmonary function of a patient, and

b. Equipment to monitor the cardiopulmonary status of a patient;

6. In addition to the requirements in subsections (4) and (5), if the abortion clinic performs an abortion procedure at or after 20 weeks gestational age, the following equipment is available for the abortion procedure:

a. Equipment to provide warmth and drying of a fetus delivered alive,

b. Equipment necessary to clear secretions from and position the airway of a fetus delivered alive,

c. Equipment necessary to administer oxygen to a fetus delivered alive,

d. Equipment to assess and monitor the cardiopulmonary status of a fetus delivered alive, and

e. Drugs to support cardiopulmonary function in a viable fetus;

6. 7. Equipment and supplies are clean and, if applicable, sterile before each use;

7. 8. Equipment required in this Section is maintained in working order, tested and calibrated at least once every 12 months or according to the manufacturer's recommendations, and used according to the manufacturer's recommendations; and

8. 9. Documentation of each equipment test, calibration, and repair is maintained on the premises for at least 12 months after the date of the testing, calibration, or repair and provided to the Department for review within two hours after the Department requests the documentation.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1514

Adopted effective August 6, 1993, under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to Laws 1993, Ch. 163, Section 3(B). Repealed effective November 1, 1998, under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to Laws 1998, Ch. 178, §17; filed with the Office of the Secretary of State October 2, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). New Section adopted effective April 1, 2000, under an exemption from the provisions of the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to Laws 1999, Chapter 311; filed with the Office of the Secretary of State December 23, 1999 at 6 A.A.R. 351 (Supp. 99-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 3755, effective January 1, 2001 (Supp. 00-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 448, effective 4/1/2014. Renumbered from R9-10-1513 by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 3020, effective 10/2/2018.