Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 1 - Administration
Chapter 12 - Facilities and Local Units
Article 9 - Free-standing Birth Centers
7 AAC 12.401 - Determination of a free-standing birth center; scope of services
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 12.401
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) Subject to (b) of this section, the department will consider an entity to be a free-standing birth center if the entity
(1) is a publicly
or privately owned facility, place, or institution that is constructed,
renovated, leased, rented, or otherwise established;
(2) is a place
(A) where midwifery services are
provided;
(B) that is physically
separate from acute care obstetrical services;
(C) that is administratively autonomous from
a hospital or other health facility; and
(D) that has a separate and required staff,
including administrative staff;
(3) is located within 20 miles by road from a
hospital that provides the services required under
7
AAC 12.405(g); and
(4) provides planned, nonemergency midwifery
services for low-risk maternal clients
(A)
away from the client's residence; a birth center may not offer or provide labor
or delivery services at a location other than its licensed premises;
(B) after a documented period of prenatal
care for a normal, uncomplicated pregnancy that is determined to be low-risk
through physical examinations, and through risk assessments conducted in
accordance with the standards developed under
7
AAC 12.403(f); and
(C) who do not require
hospitalization.
(b) Notwithstanding (a)(2)(B), (C), and (D) of this section, a hospital or other health facility may own and operate a birth center if
(1) the birth center is
physically separate from the hospital's obstetrical unit;
(2) each primary care provider in the birth
center is a midwife;
(3) the birth
center operates as an administratively autonomous department and is responsible
for reporting directly to the governing body of the hospital or health facility
on all matters concerning the birth center; and
(4) the birth center is licensed
separately.
(c) In addition to the provisions of 7 AAC 12.401 - 7 AAC 12.449, a free-standing birth center is subject to the applicable requirements of 7 AAC 12.600(a), (e), and (g).
Authority:AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.030
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