If surgery is to be performed, appropriate facilities and equipment shall be provided. Surgery shall be performed in a room which is reserved only for surgery and used for no other purpose. A surgery room may not serve as a corridor. The operating area shall be run in accordance with accepted surgical practice with regard to anesthesia, asepsis, life support, monitoring procedures, and recovery care.
A suitably equipped area shall include the following equipment and supplies:
Surgeons and assistants shall wear clean or sterile attire and sterile gloves appropriate to the procedure.
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 17-2914