Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 280 - RULES RELATING TO THE MAINE BIRTH DEFECTS PROGRAM
Section 144-280-2 - DEFINITIONS

1. "Birth hospital" means any hospital licensed under the provisions of Title 22 of the Maine Revised Statutes which provides health care services to pregnant woman and those who give birth.

2. "Birthing center" means any non-hospital health facility, institution, or place designed to accommodate mothers giving birth away from home at the culmination of normal, uncomplicated pregnancies.

3. "Birth defect" means a major structural abnormality which impacts upon a fetus, newborn or infant's ability to function or survive. For reporting purposes, only those birth defects included in the Appendix to these rules need be reported.

4. "Reportable birth defects" means those birth defects which hospitals, physicians and other health care providers licensed under the provisions of Title 22 or Title 32 of the Maine Revised Statutes are required to report. These reportable birth defects are identified in the Appendix to these rules.

5. "Specialty provider" means those licensed under Title 32 who have additional certification by or eligibility for one of the disciplines of the American boards of certification and is registered and certified by the appropriate specialty boards.