Part XIII. Perinatal and Obstetrical Services
Article 1
Criteria and Standards for Obstetrical Services
12VAC5-230-900. Travel time.
Article 1
Criteria and Standards for Obstetrical Services
Obstetrical services should be located within 30 minutes driving time one way under normal conditions of 95% of the population of the health planning district using mapping software as determined by the commissioner.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-910. Need for new service.
No new obstetrical services should be approved unless the applicant can demonstrate that, based on the population and utilization of current services, there is a need for such services in the health planning district without significantly reducing the utilization of existing providers in the health planning district.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-920. Continuity.
A. Perinatal service capacity, including service availability for unscheduled admissions, should be developed to provide routine newborn care to infants delivered in the associated obstetrics service, and shall be able to stabilize and prepare for transport those infants requiring the care of a neonatal special care services unit.
B. The proposal shall identify the primary and secondary neonatal special care center nearest the proposed service shall provide transport one-way to those centers.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-930. Staffing.
Obstetric services should be under the direction or supervision of one or more qualified physicians.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
Article 2
Neonatal Special Care Services
12VAC5-230-940. Travel time.
Article 2
Neonatal Special Care Services
A. Intermediate level neonatal special care services should be located within 30 minutes driving time one way under normal conditions of hospitals providing general level new born services using mapping software as determined by the commissioner.
B. Specialty and subspecialty neonatal special care services should be located within 90 minutes driving time one way under normal conditions of hospitals providing general or intermediate level newborn services using mapping software as determined by the commissioner.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-950. Need for new service.
No new level of neonatal service shall be offered by a hospital unless that hospital has first obtained a COPN granting approval to provide each such level of service.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-960. Intermediate level newborn services.
A. Existing intermediate level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 should achieve 85% average annual occupancy before new intermediate level newborn services can be added to the health planning region.
B. Intermediate level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 should contain a minimum of six bassinets.
C. No more than four bassinets for intermediate level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 per 1,000 live births should be established in each health planning region.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-970. Specialty level newborn services.
A. Existing specialty level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 should achieve 85% average annual occupancy before new specialty level newborn services can be added to the health planning region.
B. Specialty level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 should contain a minimum of 18 bassinets .
C. No more than four bassinets for specialty level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 per 1,000 live births should be established in each health planning region.
D. Proposals to establish specialty level services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 shall demonstrate that service volumes of existing specialty level newborn service providers located within the travel time listed in 12VAC5-230-940 will not be significantly reduced.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-980. Subspecialty level newborn services.
A. Existing subspecialty level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 should achieve 85% average annual occupancy before new subspecialty level newborn services can be added to the health planning region.
B. Subspecialty level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 should contain a minimum of 18 bassinets .
C. No more than four bassinets for subspecialty level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 per 1,000 live births should be established in each health planning region.
D. Proposals to establish subspecialty level newborn services as designated in 12VAC5-410-443 shall demonstrate that service volumes of existing subspecialty level newborn providers located within the travel time listed in 12VAC5-230-940 will not be significantly reduced.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-990. Neonatal services.
The application shall identify the service area and the levels of service of all the hospitals to be served by the proposed service.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-1000. Staffing.
All levels of neonatal special care services should be under the direction or supervision of one or more qualified physicians as described in 12VAC5-410-443.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.