§ 20-9-401 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

20-9-401. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Free-standing 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.