Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 264.1950 - Discharge Policies and Procedures
a) The maximum length of stay in a birth
center shall be consistent with existing State laws (See
215 ILCS
5/356s) allowing a 48-hour stay or appropriate
post-delivery care if the postpartum person and infant are discharged earlier
than 48 hours.
b) The birth center
shall develop a discharge plan of care for all postpartum persons and
infants.
c) The discharge plan
shall be based on the assessment of the postpartum person's and infant's needs
by the various disciplines responsible for their care.
d) The postpartum person and infant shall be
discharged from the birth center when both are clinically stable and have met
the discharge criteria established by the birth center.
e) The postpartum person and infant shall not
be discharged prior to four hours after the time of birth.
f) The birth center shall provide the
postpartum person with written discharge instructions. The discharge
instructions shall include written guidelines detailing how the mother may
obtain emergency assistance for themselves and their infant and completion of
newborn screening(s) as required per Section
264.1800.
g) The birth center shall develop and
implement written policies to provide follow-up postnatal and postpartum care
to the infant and the postpartum person, either directly or by referral.
Follow-up care may be provided in the birth center, at the postpartum person's
preferred location, by telehealth, or by a combination of these
methods.
h)
A birth center
with obstetrical service beds shall provide information and instructional
materials to parents of each newborn, upon discharge from the birth center,
regarding the option to voluntarily donate milk to nonprofit milk banks that
are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America or its
successor organization.
1)
The materials shall be provided free of charge and shall include
general information regarding nonprofit milk banking practices and contact
information for area nonprofit milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk
Banking Association of North America. (Section 46(a) of the
Act)
2)
The information and
instructional materials described in subsection (h)(1) may be
provided electronically. (Section 46(b) of the Act)
3)
Nothing in this
subsection (h) prohibits a birth center from obtaining free and
suitable information on voluntary milk donation from the Human Milk Banking
Association of North America, its successor organization, or its accredited
members. (Section 46(c) of the Act)
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a) The maximum length of stay in a birth center shall be consistent with existing State laws (See 215 ILCS 5/356s) allowing a 48-hour stay or appropriate post-delivery care if the postpartum person and infant are discharged earlier than 48 hours.
b) The birth center shall develop a discharge plan of care for all postpartum persons and infants.
c) The discharge plan shall be based on the assessment of the postpartum person 's and infant 's needs by the various disciplines responsible for their care.
d) The postpartum person and infant shall be discharged from the birth center when both are clinically stable and have met the discharge criteria established by the birth center .
e) The postpartum person and infant shall not be discharged prior to four hours after the time of birth.
f) The birth center shall provide the postpartum person with written discharge instructions. The discharge instructions shall include written guidelines detailing how the mother may obtain emergency assistance for themselves and their infant and completion of newborn screening(s) as required per Section 264.1800.
g) The birth center shall develop and implement written policies to provide follow-up postnatal and postpartum care to the infant and the postpartum person , either directly or by referral. Follow-up care may be provided in the birth center , at the postpartum person 's preferred location, by telehealth, or by a combination of these methods.