G.__For a post-anesthesia care unit while still under anesthesia, one nurse to every patient; and post anesthesia, one nurse to every 2 patients;

H.__For an emergency department, one nurse to every 2 patients; in emergency critical care, one nurse to every__ patient; and in emergency trauma, one nurse to every patient.__In an emergency department, triage, radio or specialty registered nurses do not count in calculation of nurse staffing;

I.__For labor and delivery in active labor, one nurse to every patient; in immediate postpartum, one nurse to every 2 patients; in postpartum and well-baby nursery, one nurse to every 6 patients; and in immediate-care nursery, one nurse to every 4 patients;

J.__For pediatrics, psychiatrics, medical-surgical, telemetry, observational and outpatient units, one nurse to every 4 patients;

K.__For a transitional care and rehabilitation unit, one nurse to every 5 patients; and

L.__For specialty care of noncritical, stable-condition patients and any unit not listed above, one nurse to every 3 patients.

Additional direct-care registered nurses must be added and the ratio adjusted to ensure staffing in accordance with acuity- based patient classification systems.

3.__Restriction.__The following activities are prohibited.

A.__A hospital may not directly assign any unlicensed personnel to perform registered-nurse functions in lieu of care delivered by a licensed registered nurse.

B. Unlicensed personnel may not perform tasks that require the clinical assessment, judgment and skill of a licensed registered nurse, including, without limitation, nursing activities that require nursing assessment and judgment during implementation; physical, psychological and social assessment that require nursing judgment, intervention, referral or follow-up; formulation of a plan of nursing care and evaluation of the patient's response to the care provided; and administration of medications.