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7 AAC 12.140. Critical care service. (a) If a hospital has a critical care service, a physician must have overall responsibility for the medical supervision of it. (b) A registered nurse with education and experience in critical care nursing must also be responsible for supervision and operation of the service. (c) Written criteria for determining patient admissions and discharge must be approved by the medical staff or, if the hospital has one, the critical care service committee. (d) Emergency equipment and supplies, as determined by the medical staff or critical care service committee if the hospital has one, must be readily available. (Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 9/1/2000, Register 155) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.20.010 AS 18.20.060 7 AAC 12.150. Perinatal service. (a) A general acute care hospital must offer perinatal services that include either

(1) an intensive care newborn nursery and other hospital facilities capable of treating the mother if problems arise that are beyond the normal capability of the perinatal service unit; or

(2) arrangements for consultation with a perinatal service unit at another hospital that has the capabilities described in (a)(1) of this section and the transfer of an infant or mother to that unit when necessary; the arrangements must include, at a minimum, the ability to immediately contact the other hospital by telephone or radio, and the ability to immediately obtain transportation for the mother or infant by the fastest method available. (b) A hospital must provide individualized care for each infant patient. (c) Every infant, whether a new patient or one transferred from another location, must be evaluated for evidence of infection before admission to a hospital. (d) An infant who develops symptoms of an infection must be isolated from other infants immediately. (e) Newborn infants must be marked for identification in the delivery room. The method of