049-9 Wyo. Code R. § 9-15

Current through April 27, 2019

Section 9-15 - Specialized Services

(a) A Maternity Home shall ensure arrangements for the delivery of the infant are made by the end of the second trimester. In situations where the child parent is already pregnant beyond the second trimester upon admission to the facility, arrangements for delivery shall be made within fifteen (15) days of admission.

(b) A Maternity Home shall have an established system to provide background medical information on the child parent to the hospital identified for delivery.

(c) Delivery arrangements shall be clearly recorded, signed and dated in the child parent's medical record to which employees are to have access in an emergency.

(d) A Maternity Home shall, whenever possible, ensure that all child parents participate in a child parent birth class provided by a registered nurse or childbirth educator.

(e) Maternity Homes shall provide consultation services for the child parent, their families, the fathers of the children and significant others. The consultation services shall include:

(i) Preparation for delivery of the baby;

(ii) Decision-making with regard to the baby;

(iii) Help to the child parent with family, peer, and other significant relationships;

(iv) Help to the father, when interested and available;

(v) Help to the families of the young parents;

(vi) Employment and/or education planning;

(vii) Living arrangements;

(viii) Preparation for parenthood and family life for child parents keeping their babies;

(ix) Adoption counseling for those child parents planning to relinquish;

(x) Socialization and support opportunities for single parents; and

(xi) Access to public health nursing programs for pregnant women, new child parents and infants.

049-9 Wyo. Code R. § 9-15