Section 142.501 - Director of the Birth Center(A) Each free-standing birth center shall have a director who shall be responsible to the governing body for the operation and maintenance of the center.(B) The director of a free-standing birth center must be a certified nurse-midwife, or an obstetrician or family practitioner with obstetrical privileges in a nearby hospital licensed in Massachusetts or operated by the Commonwealth.(C) Each hospital-affiliated birth center shall have a director who shall be administratively responsible to the administrator of the hospital for the operation and maintenance of the birth center.(D) The director of a hospital-affiliated birth center must be a certified nurse-midwife, or an obstetrician or family practitioner with obstetrical privileges in the parent hospital. If the parent hospital does not provide obstetrics and newborn services, the Director must meet the requirements set forth in 105 CMR 142.501(B).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1272, eff. 10/24/2014.