As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Birth center" means any facility, institution, or place, which is not an ambulatory surgical center or a hospital or in a hospital, in which births are planned to occur away from the mother's usual residence following a normal, uncomplicated, low-risk pregnancy.
2. "Clinical staff" means individuals employed full time or part time by a birth center who are licensed or certified to provide care at childbirth, which includes the clinical director.
3. "Consultant" means a physician licensed under chapter 148, 150, or 150A, who agrees to provide medical and obstetrical advice and services to a birth center and clients of the birth center, and who either:
a. Is certified or eligible for certification by the American board of obstetrics and gynecology, or
b. Has hospital obstetrical privileges.
4. "Department" means the department of inspections and appeals.
5. "Governing body" means any individual, group, corporation, or institution which is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of a birth center.
6. "Licensed birth center" means a birth center licensed in accordance with section 135G.4.
7. "Low-risk pregnancy" means a pregnancy which is expected to result in an uncomplicated birth, as determined through risk criteria developed by departmental rule, and which is accompanied by adequate prenatal care.
8. "Person" means person as defined in section 4.1, subsection 20.
9. "Political subdivision" means the state or any county, municipality, or other entity or subdivision of government.
10. "Premises" means those buildings, beds, and facilities located at the main address of the licensee and all other buildings, beds, and facilities for the provision of maternity care located in such reasonable proximity to the main address of the licensee as to appear to the public to be under the dominion and control of the licensee.
87 Acts, ch 200, § 2
Referred to in § 135.61, 252A.2
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