Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 100 - KANSAS STATE BOARD OF HEALING ARTS › Article 28b - INDEPENDENT PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY › Section 100-28b-1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
As used in this article of the board's regulations, each of the
				following terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Abortion" has the meaning specified in
			 K.S.A. 656701, and amendments thereto.
(b) "Antepartum" means occurring in the
			 period that commences when a pregnant woman presents herself to a licensee
			 during pregnancy and ends at the onset of labor.
(c) "Approved national certification" means
			 certification as a certified nurse-midwife by the American midwifery
			 certification board.
(d) "Birthing
			 center" means a facility that provides delivery services for normal,
			 uncomplicated pregnancies. This term shall not include a medical care facility
			 as defined by
			 K.S.A.
			 65-425, and amendments thereto.
(e) "Family planning services" means the
			 provision of contraceptive methods, preconception health services, and sexually
			 transmitted infection screening and treatment to patients.
(f) "Formal consult" means the process
			 whereby a licensee formally requests a physician's written recommendations for
			 the care and treatment of a patient's identifiable risks.
(g) "Home birth" means an attended birth at a
			 private residence or a location other than a birthing center or
			 hospital.
(h) "Hospital" has the
			 meaning specified in K.S.A. 65425, and amendments thereto.
(i) "Identifiable risk" means medical history
			 or clinical signs or symptoms that could require clinical services other than
			 those associated with a normal, uncomplicated pregnancy and a normal,
			 uncomplicated delivery.
(j)
			 "Informal consult" means the process whereby a licensee who maintains
			 management responsibility for the patient's care informally requests the advice
			 or opinion of a physician.
(k)
			 "Initial care of a normal newborn" means the clinical services provided to a
			 normal newborn during the first 28 days of life. This term shall include
			 lactation services.
(l)
			 "Intrapartum" means occurring in the period commencing with the onset of labor
			 and ending after the delivery of the placenta.
(m) "Licensee" means an individual licensed
			 by the board to engage in the independent practice of midwifery as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 65-28b02, and amendments thereto.
(n) "Minor vaginal laceration" means a tear
			 that extends beyond the fourchette, perineal skin, and vaginal mucosa to
			 perineal muscles and fascia, but not the anal sphincter.
(o) "Newborn" means an infant during the
			 first 28 days of life after birth.
(p) "Normal newborn" means a newborn who has
			 been clinically determined to have no complications or to be at low risk of
			 developing complications.
(q)
			 "Normal, uncomplicated delivery" means delivery of a singleton cephalic vaginal
			 birth that has been clinically determined to be at low risk for
			 complications.
(r) "Normal,
			 uncomplicated pregnancy" means a pregnancy that is initially determined to be
			 at a low risk for a poor pregnancy outcome and that remains at a low risk
			 throughout the pregnancy.
(s)
			 "Patient" means a woman to whom an independent certified nurse-midwife provides
			 clinical services.
(t) "Physician"
			 means an individual licensed to actively practice medicine and surgery or
			 osteopathic medicine and surgery in Kansas.
(u) "Poor pregnancy outcome" means any
			 outcome other than a live, healthy patient.
(v) "Postpartum" means occurring in the
			 period commencing with the delivery of the placenta and ending six weeks after
			 birth.
(w) "Referral" means the
			 process whereby a licensee requests a physician to assume management
			 responsibility for a patient's care.
(x) "Transfer" means the process whereby a
			 licensee or physician accepts management responsibility for a patient's
			 care.
(y) "Transport" means the
			 process whereby a patient is moved from one location to another.