Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0026 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 26 - BIRTHING CENTERS › Section 26-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The following definitions apply to this
				Chapter:
(i) "Administration of Drugs" means
				the act in which a single dose of a prescribed drug or biological is given to a
				patient by a licensed person in accordance with all laws and regulations
				governing such acts.
(ii)
				"Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, and Respiration" or "APGAR" means the
				overall assessment of the newborn.
(iii) "Bathing Facility" means a bathtub or
				shower.
(iv) "Birthing Center"
				means a facility which operates for the primary purpose of performing
				deliveries and is not part of a hospital.
(v) "Birthing Room" means a room and
				environment designed, equipped and arranged to provide for the care of a woman
				and newborn and to accommodate her support person(s) during the process of
				vaginal delivery.
(vi) "Certified
				Nurse Midwife" or "CNM" means a midwife who is licensed as an Advanced Practice
				Registered Nurse by the Wyoming State Board of Nursing and is certified by the
				American Midwifery Certification Board.
(vii) "Central Registry" means the registry
				operated by the Wyoming Department of Family Services to index individuals who
				have been substantiated for:
(A) Abuse or
				neglect of children under
				W.S.
				14-3-213; or
(B) Abuse, neglect, exploitation, or
				abandonment of vulnerable adults under
				W.S.
				35-20-115.
(viii) "Certified Professional Midwife" or
				"CPM" means a midwife who is certified by the North American Registry of
				Midwives (NARM) and currently licensed by the Wyoming Board of
				Midwifery.
(ix) "Clinical Staff"
				means the physicians, CNMs, or CPM's hired to practice within the birthing
				center and licensed by the state of Wyoming.
(x) "Governing Body" means an individual or
				group which is legally responsible for the operation, control and maintenance
				of the birthing center.
(xi)
				"Immediate jeopardy" means a situation in which a center's noncompliance with
				one or more requirements of these Rules has caused, or is likely to cause,
				serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to a patient.
(xii) "Low Risk" means normal, uncomplicated
				prenatal course as determined by adequate prenatal care and prospects for a
				normal, uncomplicated delivery as defined by reasonable and generally accepted
				criteria of maternal and fetal health. These services shall be limited to
				mothers not falling in the categories of conditions and needs listed in Section
				11 of this Chapter.
(xiii) "Patient" means a pregnant woman or
				the newborn receiving care in a birthing center.
(xiv) "Personnel" mean individuals employed
				by the birthing center.
(xv)
				"Physician" means a person authorized by the Wyoming Board of Medicine to
				practice medicine pursuant to W.S.
				W.S.
				33-26-301.
(xvi) "Plan of correction" means a center's
				plan to correct the deficiencies identified during a survey conducted by the
				State Survey Agency.
(xvii)
				"Recovery" means that period or duration of time starting at birth and ending
				with the discharge of a patient from the birthing center.
(xviii) "State Survey Agency" means the
				Department of Health, Aging Division, Healthcare Licensing and Surveys,
				including its staff and designees.
(xix) "Support Person" means the
				individual(s) selected or chosen by a mother to provide emotional support and
				to assist her during the process of labor and childbirth.
(xx) "Survey" means an onsite or offsite
				inspection conducted by the State Survey Agency to determine compliance with
				these Rules. The term includes activities commonly referred to in the field as
				surveys, revisits, complaint investigations, periodic surveys, and other
				inspections deemed necessary by the State Survey Agency.