Rule 511-5-13-.01 - Scope and Purpose(1) These regulations are enacted pursuant to Sections 50 through -57 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to establish a program that encourages the improvement of quality of care to create better maternal and neonatal outcomes.(2) The purpose of these regulations is to establish separate criteria for three maternal and three neonatal levels of care and procedures by which a perinatal facility may request approval to be a designated facility which has achieved a particular DPH designated level of care.(3) These regulations are not intended to prevent any perinatal facility from providing medical services to a woman or infant.(4) No perinatal facility shall hold itself out as or advertise itself to the public as having achieved a DPH designated level of care as a maternal or neonatal center unless it has been so designated by the Department.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 511-5-13-.01
O.C.G.A. § 31-2A-50 through -57.
Original Rule entitled "Scope and Purpose" adopted. F. Oct. 22, 2019; eff. Nov. 14, 2019, as specified by the Agency.