Section 7.12.404. Application.

Before providing services, a free-standing birth center must have a current license issued under 7 AAC 12.605 - 7 AAC 12.610. In addition to meeting the requirements of 7 AAC 12.605 - 7 AAC 12.610, the applicant shall provide the following information with the initial application for a license, and with each application for renewal:  
		(1) identification of the proposed service area;  
		(2) an assessment of the demographic data and vital statistics of the community served, including  
			(A) the population to be served;  
			(B) environmental factors that might affect access to the birth center or transfer to a hospital;  
			(C) availability of and access to maternal and newborn services, including  
				(i) practitioners;  
				(ii) hospital obstetrics and newborn services;  
				(iii) home birth services;  
				(iv) family-centered maternity care programs;  
				(v) birth rooms and suites;  
				(vi) clinics for disadvantaged families;  
				(vii) laboratory services;  
				(viii) supplementary social and welfare services;  
				(ix) childbirth education; and  
				(x) parent support programs;  
			(D) the birth center's impact on the community and the needs of childbearing families in the population served; and  
			(E) for an application for license renewal,  
				(i) changes in the demographic data and vital statistics under (A) - (C) of this paragraph since the previous application was submitted;  
				(ii) the number of births at the birth center during the previous 12 months;  
				(iii) the number of births with complications that required transfer of the newborn to a hospital during the previous 12 months; and  
				(iv) the number of births with complications that required transfer of the client to a hospital during the previous 12 months.  

Authorities

47.32.010;47.32.020;47.32.030;47.32.040;47.32.050;47.32.100;47.32.110

Notes

Authority

AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.020 AS 47.32.030 AS 47.32.040 AS 47.32.050 AS 47.32.100 AS 47.32.110

History

Eff. 9/30/2007, Register 183