1. Laboratory services. A licensed birth center may collect specimens for those tests that are required under protocol. A licensed birth center staff member may perform simple laboratory tests, as defined by administrative rule.
2. Surgical services. Surgical procedures shall be limited to those normally performed during uncomplicated childbirths, such as episiotomies and repairs and shall not include operative obstetrics or caesarean sections.
3. Administration of analgesia and anesthesia. General and conduction anesthesia may not be administered at a licensed birth center. Systemic analgesia may be administered, and local anesthesia for pudendal block and episiotomy repair may be performed if procedures are outlined by the clinical staff.
4. Intrapartal use of chemical agents. Labor may not be inhibited, stimulated, or augmented with chemical agents during the first or second stage of labor unless prescribed by personnel with statutory authority to do so and unless in connection with and prior to emergency transport.
87 Acts, ch 200, § 11
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