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.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.Acts 1997, No. 891, § 1.
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