Current through the 2024 Legislative Session.
Section 3651.5 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] RequirementsA naturopathic doctor certified for the specialty practice of naturopathic childbirth attendance shall do both of the following:
(a) Maintain current certification in neonatal resuscitation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.(b) File with the committee a written plan for the following: (1) Consultation with other health care providers.(2) Supervision by a licensed physician and surgeon who has current practice or training in obstetrics to assist a woman in childbirth so long as progress meets criteria accepted as normal. The plan shall provide that all complications shall be referred to a physician and surgeon immediately.(3) Emergency transfer and transport of an infant or a maternity patient, or both, to an appropriate health care facility, and access to neonatal intensive care units and obstetrical units or other patient care areas.Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 3651.5
Amended by Stats 2009 ch 18 (AB X4-20),s 31, eff. 1/1/2010.Added by Stats 2003 ch 485 (SB 907),s 5, eff. 1/1/2004.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.