Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 13.1 - NEW
1.
A clinical provider at a freestanding birthing center must be:
(a) A physician licensed pursuant to chapter
630 or 633 of NRS;
(b) A certified
nurse-midwife; or
(c) A midwife who
meets the requirements prescribed in the publication adopted by reference in
section 12 for serving on the professional midwifery staff of a freestanding
birthing center.
2. The
director of a freestanding birthing center shall ensure that the freestanding
birthing center maintains a personnel file for each member of the staff of the
freestanding birthing center. The personnel file must include, without
limitation, a statement of whether the member of the staff to whom the
personnel file pertains has received an immunization for COVID-19 and, if the
person has not received such an immunization, the reason that the person has
not received the immunization.
3.
The director of a freestanding birthing center shall ensure that each member of
the staff of the freestanding birthing center who performs a task for which a
license, certificate or registration is required by title 54 of NRS holds the
applicable license, certificate or registration.
4. Each delivery of a newborn at a
freestanding birthing center must be attended by at least two members of the
staff of the freestanding birthing center approved by the director of the
freestanding birthing center to attend a delivery. At least one of those
attendants must be a clinical provider who is authorized under federal and
state law to possess and administer dangerous drugs.
5. Each pregnant person, person who has given
birth or newborn at a freestanding birthing center must be assigned a clinical
provider who is primarily responsible for the care of the pregnant person,
person who has given birth or newborn, as applicable.
6. A member of the staff of a freestanding
birthing center may only provide care that he or she is competent to provide.
While care is being provided at a freestanding birthing center, at least one
member of the staff of the freestanding birthing center who is competent to
provide that care and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, is
authorized under federal and state law to administer dangerous drugs must be
present on the premises of the freestanding birthing center.
7. A member of the staff of a freestanding
birthing center who is authorized under federal and state law to administer
dangerous drugs is not required to be on the premises of a freestanding
birthing center while care is being provided under the circumstances identified
in the publication adopted by reference in section 12 under which a nonlicensed
birth assistant may be the only staff member present.
8. As used in this section, "dangerous drug"
has the meaning ascribed to it in
NRS
454.201.
Notes
NRS 439.200, 449.0302, as amended by section 16.5 of Assembly Bill No. 287, chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 3437
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