Section 22-B2618. MATERNITY SERVICES

 

2618.1Each maternity center shall provide antepartum and postpartum care to women eligible for labor and delivery in the center if a plan of care is developed.

 

2618.2Every patient admitted for labor and delivery shall have received a well-designed program of antepartum care. Antepartum care may be defined as a planned program of medical evaluation and management, as well as observation and education of the pregnant woman directed toward making pregnancy, labor, delivery, postpartum and the interconceptional period a safe and satisfying family experience. A well-designed antepartum program shall provide the opportunity for instruction of the patient and her partner toward appropriate care for the patient and the newborn infant.

 

2618.3Each maternity center shall ensure that each patient's antepartum care record is available in the center at the time of admission for labor and delivery. Each record shall be updated at the time of discharge from the center to include pertinent data of maternity center care for subsequent management of the patient.

 

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 2779 (March 19, 1999); as amended by Corrected Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 3970 (April 30, 1999).