Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 12-30-118 - Acceptance of transfers from home and birthing centers(1) A person regulated under this title 12 who regularly provides health-care services related to labor and delivery shall: (a) Be able to identify when to transmit and receive patient information, and transfer and receive patients, across the facility's levels of care; and(b) Coordinate with other providers to effectuate services across the facility's levels of care in a way that prevents patients losing access to care.(2) This section does not prohibit health-care providers from billing for health-care services rendered.(3) The acceptance of a transferred pregnant person does not establish an employment or consultation relationship between the accepting health-care provider and the transferring health-care provider or establish grounds for vicarious liability.Added by 2021 Ch. 434,§ 2, eff. 9/7/2021.