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provides services that include

(1) full-time physician coverage; and

(2) the availability of full perinatal, obstetrical, and surgical capability, including

(A) anesthesia;

(B) a clinical laboratory;

(C) a blood bank; and

(D) diagnostic radiology services. (h) The plan required under (g) of this section must include

(1) criteria for determining medical necessity for emergency and nonemergency transfer;

(2) the procedures for transfer that will be followed if medical care is required for a client or newborn because complications occur during the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn period; in this paragraph, “newborn period” means the first 24 hours after birth; and

(3) a requirement that, at the time of transfer, the birth center will provide a complete clinical record to the practitioner who assumes care of the client or newborn. (i) The birth center shall provide evidence satisfactory to the department that clients and newborns transferred to a hospital by the birth center are being accepted and treated by that hospital. (j) In addition to meeting the requirements of 7 AAC 12.660, the administrator shall maintain and secure for confidentiality a personnel record for each employee, including contract staff, that includes, as appropriate, evidence of current CPR and NRP certification as described in (b)(4)(B) of this section. The administrator shall also ensure that

(1) the birth center’s records are maintained and stored in an orderly, secure manner;

(2) the birth center develops and implements policies and procedures for interaction with other agencies, institutions, and individuals for services to clients and newborns, including

(A) obstetric and newborn acute care in a licensed hospital;

(B) transportation services;

(C) obstetric, pediatric, or neonatal consultation services, including consultation through telemedicine;

(D) laboratory and diagnostic services;

(E) childbirth education and parent education support services; and

(F) home health care services;