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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-9-402

Deliveries — Dismissal of mother and infant

Acts 1997, No. 891, § 2.

(1) A freestanding birthing center shall have a qualified medical director, and deliveries shall be performed by a qualified physician or by a certified nurse midwife in accordance with an arrangement with a physician as required by § 17-87-101 et seq.

(2) A mother and her infant shall be dismissed from a freestanding birthing center within twenty-four (24) hours of the admission.

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.