<p> Health Standards Section</p><p>Hospital Beds & Rooms</p><p>What beds/rooms need to be licensed? A licensed bed is defined as an adult and/or pediatric bed set up or capable of being set up within 24 hours (in a hospital) for the use of patients, based upon bedroom criteria expressed in the licensing standards. A unit is defined as a licensed patient room. All hospital beds/rooms into which patients are admitted and discharged should be licensed with the exception of recovery rooms/beds, Nursery/NICU bassinets, Emergency Department rooms/beds, Observation rooms/beds (stays less than 23 hours), Outpatient Sleep Study Beds and Labor/Delivery (L/D) rooms/beds. LDRP (Labor/Delivery/Postpartum/Recovery) rooms/beds are counted as licensed beds if patients are admitted into these beds upon admission and discharged from the hospital from these beds. The facility should notify DHH of bed changes even if the rooms/beds are not required to be licensed. </p><p>Rev 05/16</p>