Florida Statutes Title XXIX Chapter 383 - Maternal And Infant Health Care

• 383.011 - Administration Of Maternal And Child Health Programs.
  (1) The Department of Health is designated as the state agency for:(a) Administering or providing for maternal and child health services to provide periodic prenatal care for...
• 383.013 - Prenatal Care.
  The Department of Health shall:(1) Provide a statewide prenatal care program for low-income pregnant women, which includes early, regular prenatal care by practitioners trained in prenatal...
• 383.015 - Breastfeeding.
  The breastfeeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which must be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health...
• 383.016 - Breastfeeding Policy For “baby-friendly” Facilities Providing Maternity Services And Newborn Infant Care.
  A facility lawfully providing maternity services or newborn infant care may use the designation “baby-friendly” on its promotional materials if the facility has complied with...
• 383.04 - Prophylactic Required For Eyes Of Infants.
  Every physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth of a child in the state is required to instill or have instilled into...
• 383.06 - Report Of Inflammation Or Discharge In Infant’s Eyes.
  Any person who shall nurse or attend any infant shall report any inflammation or unnatural discharge in the eyes of said child that shall develop...
• 383.07 - Penalty For Violation.
  Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of ss. 383.04-383.06 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided...
• 383.11 - Reports.
  The laboratory report on the serological test shall be made on a form to be provided by the Department of Health. In submitting the sample...
• 383.13 - Use Of Information By Department.
  The Department of Health shall be authorized to use the information derived from pregnancy serological tests for such followup procedures as are required by law...
• 383.14 - Screening For Metabolic Disorders, Other Hereditary And Congenital Disorders, And Environmental Risk Factors.
  (1) SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.—To help ensure access to the maternal and child health care system, the Department of Health shall promote the screening of all newborns born...
• 383.141 - Prenatally Diagnosed Conditions; Patient To Be Provided Information; Definitions; Information Clearinghouse; Advisory Council.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Down syndrome” means a chromosomal disorder caused by an error in cell division which results in the presence of...
• 383.145 - Newborn And Infant Hearing Screening.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The intent of this section is to provide a statewide comprehensive and coordinated interdisciplinary program of early hearing impairment screening, identification, and followup care...
• 383.146 - Infants And Toddlers Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing; Notice Of Service Providers.
  (1) At the time that an audiologist diagnoses an infant or toddler as having a permanent hearing impairment, the audiologist or the audiologist’s designee shall ask...
• 383.15 - Legislative Intent; Perinatal Intensive Care Services.
  The Legislature finds that many perinatal diseases and disabilities have debilitating, costly, and often fatal consequences if left untreated. Many of these debilitating conditions could...
• 383.16 - Definitions; Ss. 383.15-383.19.
  As used in ss. 383.15-383.19, the term:(1) “Department” means the Department of Health.(2) “Regional perinatal intensive care center” or “center” means a unit designated by the department,...
• 383.17 - Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Centers Program; Authority.
  The department may contract with health care providers in establishing and maintaining centers in accordance with ss. 383.15-383.19. The cost of administering the regional perinatal...
• 383.18 - Contracts; Conditions.
  Participation in the regional perinatal intensive care centers program under ss. 383.15-383.19 is contingent upon the department entering into a contract with a provider. The...
• 383.19 - Standards; Funding; Ineligibility.
  (1) The department shall adopt rules that specify standards for development and operation of a center which include, but are not limited to:(a) The need to provide...
• 383.216 - Community-based Prenatal And Infant Health Care.
  (1) The Department of Health shall cooperate with localities which wish to establish prenatal and infant health care coalitions, and shall acknowledge and incorporate, if appropriate,...
• 383.2161 - Maternal And Child Health Report.
  The Department of Health shall annually compile and analyze the risk information collected by the Office of Vital Statistics and the district prenatal and infant...
• 383.2162 - Black Infant Health Practice Initiative.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to create a black infant health practice initiative. The initiative shall include reviews of infant mortality in...
• 383.30 - Birth Center Licensure Act; Short Title.
  Sections 383.30-383.335 shall be known and may be cited as the “Birth Center Licensure Act.”History.—ss. 1, 27, ch. 84-283; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
• 383.301 - Licensure And Regulation Of Birth Centers; Legislative Intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the protection of public health and safety in the establishment, maintenance, and operation of birth...
• 383.302 - Definitions Of Terms Used In Ss. 383.30-383.335.
  As used in ss. 383.30-383.335, the term:(1) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care Administration.(2) “Birth center” means any facility, institution, or place, which is not an...
• 383.305 - Licensure; Fees.
  (1) In accordance with s. 408.805, an applicant or a licensee shall pay a fee for each license application submitted under ss. 383.30-383.335 and part II...
• 383.307 - Administration Of Birth Center.
  (1) Each birth center shall have a governing body which is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of the birth center.(a) The governing body shall develop...
• 383.308 - Birth Center Facility And Equipment; Requirements.
  (1) A birth center shall be so designed to assure adequate provision for birthing rooms, bath and toilet facilities, storage areas for supplies and equipment, examination...
• 383.309 - Minimum Standards For Birth Centers; Rules And Enforcement.
  (1) The agency shall adopt and enforce rules to administer ss. 383.30-383.335 and part II of chapter 408, which rules shall include, but are not limited...
• 383.31 - Selection Of Clients; Informed Consent.
  (1)(a) A birth center may accept only those patients who are expected to have normal pregnancies, labors, and deliveries.(b) The criteria for the selection of clients and...
• 383.3105 - Patients Consenting To Adoptions; Protocols.
  (1) Each licensed facility shall adopt a protocol that at a minimum provides for facility staff to be knowledgeable of the waiting periods, revocation and the...
• 383.311 - Education And Orientation For Birth Center Clients And Their Families.
  (1) The clients and their families shall be fully informed of the policies and procedures of the birth center, including, but not limited to, policies and...
• 383.312 - Prenatal Care Of Birth Center Clients.
  (1) A birth center shall ensure that its clients have adequate prenatal care, as defined by the agency, and shall ensure that serological tests are administered...
• 383.313 - Performance Of Laboratory And Surgical Services; Use Of Anesthetic And Chemical Agents.
  (1) LABORATORY SERVICES.—A birth center may collect specimens for those tests that are requested under protocol. A birth center may perform simple laboratory tests, as defined...
• 383.315 - Agreements With Consultants For Advice Or Services; Maintenance.
  (1) A birth center shall maintain in writing a consultation agreement, signed within the current license period, with each consultant who has agreed to provide advice...
• 383.316 - Transfer And Transport Of Clients To Hospitals.
  (1) If unforeseen complications arise during labor, the client shall be transferred to a hospital.(2) Each licensed facility shall make arrangements with a local ambulance service licensed...
• 383.318 - Postpartum Care For Birth Center Clients And Infants.
  (1) A mother and her infant shall be dismissed from the birth center within 24 hours after the birth of the infant, except in unusual circumstances...
• 383.32 - Clinical Records.
  (1) Clinical records shall contain information prescribed by rule, including, but not limited to:(a) Identifying information.(b) Risk assessments.(c) Information relating to prenatal visits.(d) Information relating to the course of labor...
• 383.324 - Inspections And Investigations; Inspection Fees.
  Each facility licensed under s. 383.305 shall pay to the agency an inspection fee established by rule of the agency. In addition to the requirements...
• 383.325 - Inspection Reports.
  (1) Each licensed facility shall maintain as public information, available upon request, records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility which have been filed with,...
• 383.327 - Birth And Death Records; Reports.
  (1) A completed certificate of birth shall be filed with the local registrar within 5 days of each birth in accordance with chapter 382.(2) Each maternal death,...
• 383.33 - Administrative Penalties; Moratorium On Admissions.
  (1) In addition to the requirements of part II of chapter 408, the agency may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $500 per violation per...
• 383.332 - Establishing, Managing, Or Operating A Birth Center Without A License; Penalty.
  Any person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates any birth center facility without a license issued under s. 383.305 and part II of chapter 408...
• 383.335 - Partial Exemptions.
  (1) Any facility that was providing obstetrical and gynecological surgical services and was owned and operated by a board-certified obstetrician on June 15, 1984, and that...
• 383.336 - Provider Hospitals; Practice Parameters; Peer Review Board.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “provider hospital” means a hospital in which there annually occur 30 or more births that are paid for...
• 383.3361 - Limitations On Civil And Administrative Liability.
  Nothing in this act shall serve as the basis for any civil or administrative action, nor as evidence of a standard of care or compliance...
• 383.3362 - Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.
  (1) FINDINGS AND INTENT.—The Legislature recognizes that more than 4,500 infants in the United States die suddenly and unexpectedly of no immediate or obvious cause. According...
• 383.33625 - Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act; Disposition Of Fetus; Notification; Forms Developed.
  (1) This section shall be known by the popular name the “Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act.”(2) A health care practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 458, chapter 459,...
• 383.402 - Child Abuse Death Review; State Child Abuse Death Review Committee; Local Child Abuse Death Review Committees.
  (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide multidisciplinary, multiagency, epidemiological child abuse death assessment and prevention system that consists of state...
• 383.412 - Public Records And Public Meetings Exemptions.
  (1) For purposes of this section, the term “local committee” means a local child abuse death review committee or a panel or committee assembled by the...
• 383.50 - Treatment Of Surrendered Newborn Infant.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “newborn infant” means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is approximately 7 days old or younger...
• 383.51 - Confidentiality; Identification Of Parent Leaving Newborn Infant At Hospital, Emergency Medical Services Station, Or Fire Station.
  The identity of a parent who leaves a newborn infant at a hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station in accordance with s. 383.50...

Last modified: September 23, 2016