Each patient shall be furnished with a nurses' call which will register at the corridor door, at the nurses' station, and in each floor kitchen and utility room of the nursing unit. A duplex unit may be used for two patients. Indicating lights shall be provided at each station where there are more than two beds in a room. Nurses' call stations will not be required for psychiatric occupancies, pediatric rooms, and nurseries where an emergency call shall be available in each room for the use of the nurse. A call station shall be provided in each operating and delivery room.
Minn. R. agency 144, ch. 4645, ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS FOR ALL HOSPITALS, pt. 4645.4400
Statutory Authority: MS s 144.55; 144.56