BIRTHING CENTER. A "Birthing Center" is an institution which is legally organized to offer room and board, skilled nursing services and services of a certified nurse or midwife to expectant mothers. A qualified Birthing Center has one or more nurses on duty at all times, under the supervision on a 24-hour basis of a Physician or a Registered Nurse. A Physician must be under contract to be available at all times; medical records must be maintained on all patients, and there must be agreement with Hospitals for immediate acceptance of patients requiring Hospital confinement on an inpatient basis.
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