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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-9-401

Definitions

Acts 1997, No. 891, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Freestanding birthing center” means any facility, institution, or place, which is not an ambulatory surgical center or a hospital or in a hospital, organized to provide family-centered maternity care for women and childbearing families in which births are planned to occur in a homelike atmosphere away from the mothers' usual residences following a low-risk pregnancy; and

(2) “Low-risk pregnancy” means a normal uncomplicated pregnancy as determined by a generally accepted course of prenatal care and expectation of a normal uncomplicated birth as defined by reasonable and generally accepted criteria of maternal and fetal health.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.