6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1011-1-22-2
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1011-1-22-2 - DEFINITIONS2.1 "Birth center" means a freestanding facility licensed by the department that is not a hospital, attached to a hospital, or in a hospital which provides prenatal, labor, delivery and postpartum care to low risk pregnant persons and the newborns. Care during delivery and immediately after delivery shall be generally less than twenty-four hours.2.2 "Certified Nurse Midwife" (CNM) means an advanced practice nurse licensed in the state of Colorado who is educated in the two disciplines of nursing and midwifery, who possesses evidence of certification according to the requirements of the American Midwifery Certification Board.2.3 "Client" means a person receiving prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum services. Unless the context dictates otherwise, client also means an infant receiving newborn care services from the facility.2.4 "Facility" means a birth center.2.5 "Intrapartum" means pertaining to the period of labor and birth.2.6 "Low risk pregnancy" means expected normal, uncomplicated prenatal and intrapartum course assisted by adequate prenatal care and prospects for a normal uncomplicated birth based on continual screening for prenatal high risk factors. Prenatal high risk factors shall preclude eligibility for admissions as well as continued services at the facility.2.7 "Medical waste" means waste that may contain disease causing organisms such as discarded surgical gloves, sharps, blood, human tissue, products of conception; or waste that may contain chemicals that present potential health hazards such as pharmaceutical waste and laboratory waste.