Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-1300 - Definitions
For the purposes of K.A.R. 28-4-1300 through K.A.R. 28-4-1318, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this regulation:
(a) "Apgar scores" means a measure of a
newborn's physical condition at one, five, and 10 minutes after
birth.
(b) "Applicant" means a
person who has applied for a license but who has not yet been granted a license
to operate a birth center. This term shall include an applicant who has been
granted a temporary permit to operate a birth center.
(c) "Birthing room" means a room designed,
equipped, and arranged to provide for the care of a patient, a newborn, and the
patient's support person or persons during and following childbirth.
(d) "Certified midwife" means an individual
who is educated in the discipline of midwifery and who is currently certified
by the American college of nurse-mid-wives or the American midwifery
certification board, inc.
(e)
"Certified nurse-midwife" means an individual who meets the following
requirements:
(1) Is educated in the two
disciplines of nursing and midwifery;
(2) is currently certified by the American
college of nurse-midwives or the American midwifery certification board, inc;
and
(3) has a current nursing
license in Kansas.
(f)
"Certified professional midwife" means an individual who is educated in the
discipline of midwifery and who is currently certified by the North American
registry of midwives.
(g) "Clinical
director" means an individual who is appointed by the licensee and is
responsible for the direction and oversight of clinical services at a birth
center as specified in K.A.R. 28-4-1305.
(h) "Clinical staff member" means an
individual employed by or serving as a consultant to the birth center who is
one of the following:
(1) The clinical
director or acting clinical director;
(2) a licensed physician;
(3) a certified nurse-midwife;
(4) a certified professional
midwife;
(5) a certified midwife;
or
(6) a registered professional
nurse.
(i) "Department"
means Kansas department of health and environment.
(j) "Exception" means a waiver of an
applicant's or a licensee's compliance with a specific birth center regulation
or any portion of a specific birth center regulation, granted by the secretary
to the applicant or licensee.
(k)
"License capacity" means the maximum number of patients that can be cared for
in a birth center during labor, delivery, and recovery.
(l) "Licensee" means a person who has been
granted a license to operate a birth center.
(m) "Maternity center" has the meaning
specified in
K.S.A. 65-502, and amendments thereto, and may also
be referred to as a "birth center."
(n) "Normal, uncomplicated delivery" means a
delivery that results in a vaginal birth and that does not require the use of
general, spinal, or epidural anesthesia.
(o) "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.
(p) "Patient" means a woman who has been
accepted for services at a birth center during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and
recovery.
(q) "Poor pregnancy
outcome" means any outcome other than a live, healthy patient and
newborn.
(r) "Premises" means the
location, including each building and any adjoining grounds, of a birth
center.
(s) "Secretary" means
secretary of the Kansas department of health and environment.
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