Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 67 - Free-Standing Birth Centers
Subchapter C - Admissions, Transfers and Discharges
Section I-6743 - Prohibitions to Admission or Continued Care in an FSBC

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-6743

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The FSBC shall not knowingly accept or thereafter maintain responsibility for the prenatal or intrapartum care of a woman who:

1. has had a previous cesarean section or other known uterine surgery such as hysterotomy or myomectomy;

2. has a history of difficult to control hemorrhage with previous deliveries;

3. has a history of thromboembolism, deep vein thromboembolism, or pulmonary embolism;

4. is prescribed medication for diabetes, or has hypertension, Rh disease isoimmunization with positive titer, active tuberculosis, active syphilis, active gonorrhea, HIV positive or is otherwise immunocompromised, epilepsy, hepatitis, heart disease, kidney disease, or blood dyscrasia;

5. contracts primary genital herpes simplex during the pregnancy or manifests active genital herpes during the last four weeks of pregnancy;

6. has a contracted pelvis;

7. has severe psychiatric illness or a history of severe psychiatric illness in the six-month period prior to pregnancy;

8. has been prescribed narcotics in excess of three months during the pregnancy or is addicted to narcotics or other drugs;

9. ingests more than 2 ounces of alcohol or 24 ounces of beer a day on a regular day or participates in binge drinking;

10. smokes 20 cigarettes or more per day, and is not likely to cease in pregnancy;

11. has a multiple gestation;

12. has a fetus of less than 37 weeks gestation at the onset of labor;

13. has a gestation beyond 42 weeks by dates;

14. has a fetus in any presentation other than vertex at the onset of labor;

15. has a fetus with suspected or diagnosed congenital anomalies that may require immediate medical intervention;

16. has preeclampsia;

17. has a parity greater than five, with poor obstetrical history;

18. is younger than 16 or a primipara older than 40;

19. has been taking medications known to cause Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome;

20. has history of congenital heart disease;

21. has history of cardiac surgery(ies); or

22. labors greater than the 12-18 hours after rupture of membranes with no cervical change.

B. A licensed healthcare practitioner shall not knowingly render FSBC services outside of their scope of practice.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2180.21-2180.28.

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