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// CODE SNIPPET

1224.32.3.6 Labor Room(s) (LDR or LDRP Rooms May Be Substituted)

Los Angeles Building Code > 12 Interior Environment > 1224 [OSHPD 1] Hospitals > 1224.32 Obstetrical Facilities (Perinatal Unit Space) > 1224.32.3 Cesarean Delivery and Delivery Service Space > 1224.32.3.6 Labor Room(s) (LDR or LDRP Rooms May Be Substituted)
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Where LDRs or LDRPs are not provided, a minimum of two labor beds shall be provided for each cesarean operating room. Each room shall be designed for either one or two beds with a minimum clear floor area of 120 square feet (11.15 m2) per bed. Each labor room shall contain a handwashing fixture and have access to a toilet room. One toilet room may serve two labor rooms, Labor rooms shall have controlled access with doors that are arranged for observation from a nursing station. At least one shower (which may be separate from the labor room if under staff control) for use of patients in labor shall be provided. Windows in labor rooms, if provided, shall be located, draped, or otherwise arranged, to preserve patient privacy from casual observation from outside the labor room.

Exception: Where renovation of labor rooms is undertaken in facilities built under the 2001 or prior California Building Code, existing labor rooms shall have a minimum clear floor area of 100 square feet (9.29 m2) per bed.

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1224.32.3.6 Interior Environment, Labor Room(s) (LDR or LDRP Rooms May Be Substituted)
Where LDRs or LDRPs are not provided, a minimum of two labor beds shall be provided for each cesarean operating room. Each room shall be designed ...
Los Angeles Building Code > 12 Interior Environment > 1224 [OSHPD 1] Hospitals > 1224.32 Obstetrical Facilities (Perinatal Unit Space) > 1224.32.3 Cesarean Delivery and Delivery Service Space > 1224.32.3.6 Labor Room(s) (LDR or LDRP Rooms May Be Substituted)
1224.32 Interior Environment, Obstetrical Facilities (Perinatal Unit Space)
Exceptions: If LDR or LDRP beds are provided, each LDR or LDRP may be counted as a delivery room in the postpartum bed ratio. When approved ...
Los Angeles Building Code > 12 Interior Environment > 1224 [OSHPD 1] Hospitals > 1224.32 Obstetrical Facilities (Perinatal Unit Space)
1224.32.3 Interior Environment, Cesarean Delivery and Delivery Service Space
beds and for each major fraction thereof. Exceptions: If LDR or LDRP beds are provided, each LDR or LDRP may be counted as a delivery room ...
Los Angeles Building Code > 12 Interior Environment > 1224 [OSHPD 1] Hospitals > 1224.32 Obstetrical Facilities (Perinatal Unit Space) > 1224.32.3 Cesarean Delivery and Delivery Service Space
1224.32.4.4 Interior Environment, Shower or Tub
Each LDR or LDRP room shall have direct access to a private toilet room with shower or tub ...
Los Angeles Building Code > 12 Interior Environment > 1224 [OSHPD 1] Hospitals > 1224.32 Obstetrical Facilities (Perinatal Unit Space) > 1224.32.4 LDR and LDRP Facilities > 1224.32.4.4 Shower or Tub
1224.32.4.3 Interior Environment, Occupancy
Each LDR or LDRP room shall be for single occupancy ...
Los Angeles Building Code > 12 Interior Environment > 1224 [OSHPD 1] Hospitals > 1224.32 Obstetrical Facilities (Perinatal Unit Space) > 1224.32.4 LDR and LDRP Facilities > 1224.32.4.3 Occupancy
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