Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 14.1

Current through November 8, 2024

Section 449.Sec. 14.1 - NEW

A birth assistant in a freestanding birthing center must:

1. Hold a certification in basic life support issued by the American Heart Association, or its successor organization, or hold an equivalent certification, and have successfully completed training in the techniques of administering neonatal resuscitation provided through the Neonatal Resuscitation Program of the American Academy of Pediatrics, or any successor to that program; and

2. Have successfully completed:

(a) A program of training for birth assistants offered by:

(1) A nationally recognized organization for training birth assistants, including, without limitation, the American Association of Birth Centers, or its successor organization; or

(2) An accredited college or university;

(b) Phase 2: Clinicals as Assistant Under Supervision of the entry-level portfolio evaluation process of the North American Registry of Midwives, or its successor organization;

(c) The Clinicals as Assistant Under Supervision component of a program provided by a school accredited by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council, or its successor organization;

(d) A program of supervised training for providers of health care that meets the requirements of section 16; or

(e) A program of training for birth assistants that:

(1) Issues a certificate to persons who have successfully completed the program;

(2) Is administered by a freestanding birthing center; and

(3) Includes, without limitation, training in accordance with an evidence-based curriculum, an assessment of skills and requirements concerning attendance of births outside of a hospital setting. The evidence-based curriculum must include, without limitation, training concerning:

(I) Medical terminology;

(II) The anatomy and physiology of pregnant persons and newborns;

(III) The ability to find, understand and use information and services to inform decisions concerning pregnant persons, persons who have given birth and newborns;

(IV) Vital signs;

(V) The process of labor and birth;

(VI) Care for a person who has given birth and the newborn after birth;

(VII) Medications relevant to the practice of a birth assistant;

(VIII) Breastfeeding;

(IX) Minor deviations from what is normal during labor, birth and the postpartum period; and

(X) Major complications during labor.

Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 14.1

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R062-21A, eff. 9/8/2022

NRS 439.200, 449.0302, as amended by section 16.5 of Assembly Bill No. 287, chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 3437