Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 16.1

Current through October 11, 2024

Section 449.Sec. 16.1 - NEW

1. A program of supervised training for providers of health care offered at a freestanding birthing center:

(a) Must be supervised by:

(1) A preceptor registered with the North American Registry of Midwives, or its successor organization;

(2) A certified nurse-midwife who has been practicing as a midwife for the immediately preceding 3 years; or

(3) A physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS who has been practicing in the area of obstetrics for the immediately preceding 3 years.

(b) Must include instruction provided in accordance with an evidence-based curriculum concerning:

(1) The process of childbirth;

(2) Care available in the community for a pregnant person, a person who has given birth and a child before and after birth;

(3) Family planning;

(4) Laws and regulations governing midwifery;

(5) Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation;

(6) Breastfeeding; and

(7) Skills for clinical midwifery.

2. The director of a freestanding birthing center that offers a program of supervised training for providers of health care shall:

(a) Develop policies and procedures to carry out the program; and

(b) Review those policies and procedures annually and revise the policies and procedures as necessary.

3. The policies and procedures developed pursuant to subsection 2 must include, without limitation:

(a) The number of births that must be attended by a participant in the program as:

(1) An assistant under supervision; and

(2) The primary clinician under supervision;

(b) The number of prenatal examinations, examinations of a newborn and postpartum examinations that must be successfully performed by a participant in the program;

(c) A requirement that a participant in the program must:

(1) Obtain certification in basic life support issued by the American Heart Association, or its successor organization, or hold an equivalent certification; and

(2) Successfully complete 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

(d) Procedures for an assessment of skills and an evaluation of competency.

4. As used in this section, "program of supervised training for providers of health care" does not include a program of training for birth assistants described in paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of section 14.

Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 16.1

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