7 AAC 50.710 - Short term prematernal care
(a) A maternity
home that specializes in short term prematernal care and occasional short term
care to mothers and infants is exempt from the requirements of
(1)7 AAC 50.110(d); however, the facility
shall designate an adult caregiver or associate administrator to act on behalf
of the administrator in the absence of the administrator from the
facility;
(2)7 AAC 50.300; however, notwithstanding the exemption of this
paragraph, the provisions of
7 AAC 50.300(a) apply with regard to an
adolescent client;
(3)7 AAC 50.330;
(4)7 AAC 50.340;
(5)7 AAC 50.400, however, notwithstanding the exemption of this
paragraph, the provisions of
7 AAC 50.400 apply with regard to an adolescent client
and a child of an adolescent or adult client;
(6)7 AAC 50.410;
(7)7 AAC 50.425;
(8)7 AAC 50.455;
(11)7 AAC 50.750;
(12)7 AAC 50.770(f); and
(13)7 AAC 50.780(c).
(b) The administrator of a facility described
in (a) of this section must have 12 semester hours of college credit in human
development, early childhood development, psychology, nursing care or the
equivalent, such as a CDA credential. College credit in management may be
substituted for three of the 12 required hours.
(c) A facility described in (a) of this
section may maintain the medical records required by this chapter at a clinic
or hospital if maintenance of the medical records at the clinic or hospital is
included in the agreement required by
7 AAC 50.770(h).
(d) A facility described in (a) of this
section may admit the mother of a pregnant adolescent or other significant
female adult selected by the adolescent for the purpose of supporting the
adolescent prior to and during childbirth. The mother or other significant
adult is exempt from the requirements for an adult residing in a facility
required by
7 AAC 50.210. The facility shall count the adult
accompanying the adolescent as a client with regard to the facility's licensed
capacity.
(e) In (a) of this
section, "short term prematernal care and occasional short term care for
mothers and infants" means care
(1) usually
for fewer than 30 days for an expectant mother who is residing outside of the
expectant mother's home community for the purpose of being near a hospital for
childbirth; and
(2) following
childbirth for mothers and their infants returning for follow up medical
appointments.
Notes
Authority:AS 44.29.020
AS 47.35.010(a)(3)
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