26 Tex. Admin. Code § 503.44 - Parenting and Postpartum Counseling
(a) A
birthing center that provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
(1) provide the woman with a resource list of
the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of professional organizations that
provide postpartum counseling and assistance to parents;
(2) document in the patient's record that the
patient received the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection;
and
(3) retain the documentation
for at least three years in the birthing center records.
(b) The list must include resources a parent
may contact to receive counseling and assistance for postpartum depression and
other emotional traumas associated with pregnancy and parenting.
(c) A birthing center that provides prenatal
care to a woman during gestation or at delivery is presumed to have complied
with this section, if the woman received prior prenatal care from another
birthing center, physician, or midwife in this state during the same
pregnancy.
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