Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 137 - BIRTHING CENTERS
Subchapter D - OPERATIONAL AND CLINICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES
Section 137.44 - Parenting and Postpartum Counseling
Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 137.44
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A birthing center that provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
(1) provide the woman with a resource list of
the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of professional organizations that
provide postpartum counseling and assistance to parents;
(2) document in the patient's record that the
patient received the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection;
and
(3) retain the documentation
for at least three years in the birthing center records.
(b) The list must include resources a parent may contact to receive counseling and assistance for postpartum depression and other emotional traumas associated with pregnancy and parenting.
(c) A birthing center that provides prenatal care to a woman during gestation or at delivery is presumed to have complied with this section, if the woman received prior prenatal care from another birthing center, physician, or midwife in this state during the same pregnancy.
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