Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-150.4 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Duties of the department
The department will:
1. Certify a hospital's capacity to provide
perinatal health care in accordance with criteria established under these
rules.
2. Provide technical
assistance to the hospitals that choose to participate.
3. Review the submitted levels-of-care
assessment tool from all participating hospitals.
4. Conduct or coordinate the on-site
verification of determined levels of care for maternal and neonatal care
hospitals designated as Level I, Level II, Level III and Level IV.
Notes
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The team shall:
1. Promote evidence-based and evidence-informed care of pregnant women and newborns.
2. Provide education and consultation to regional and primary providers of perinatal care.
3. Provide chart review to assess quality of care provided and additional education required.
4. Promote change in practice when needed through sharing best practice ideas, policies and procedures.
5. Promote maternal-fetal transfer if delivery of an at-risk infant or mother is anticipated and a higher level of care is anticipated.
6. Provide on-site verification to determine a hospital 's ability to meet its level-of-care designation. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 135.11(27).