Section 7 AAC 12.404 - ApplicationBefore providing services, a free-standing birth center must have a current license issued under 7 AAC 12.605 - 7 AAC 12.610. In addition to meeting the requirements of 7 AAC 12.605 - 7 AAC 12.610, the applicant shall provide the following information with the initial application for a license, and with each application for renewal:
(1) identification of the proposed service area;(2) an assessment of the demographic data and vital statistics of the community served, including (A) the population to be served;(B) environmental factors that might affect access to the birth center or transfer to a hospital;(C) availability of and access to maternal and newborn services, including(ii) hospital obstetrics and newborn services;(iii) home birth services;(iv) family-centered maternity care programs;(v) birth rooms and suites;(vi) clinics for disadvantaged families;(vii) laboratory services;(viii) supplementary social and welfare services;(ix) childbirth education; and(x) parent support programs;(D) the birth center's impact on the community and the needs of childbearing families in the population served; and(E) for an application for license renewal,(i) changes in the demographic data and vital statistics under (A) - (C) of this paragraph since the previous application was submitted;(ii) the number of births at the birth center during the previous 12 months;(iii) the number of births with complications that required transfer of the newborn to a hospital during the previous 12 months; and(iv) the number of births with complications that required transfer of the client to a hospital during the previous 12 months.Eff. 9/30/2007, Register 183Authority:AS 47.32.010
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