Ind. Code § 27-8-24-2

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 27-8-24-2 - "At-home postdelivery care"

As used in this chapter, "at-home postdelivery care" refers to health care provided to a woman at her residence by a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 or a registered nurse or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under IC 25-23 whose scope of practice includes providing postpartum care in the area of maternal and child health care. The health care services provided must include, at a minimum:

(1) parent education;

(2) assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding; and

(3) performance of any maternal and neonatal tests routinely performed during the usual course of inpatient care for the woman or her newborn child, including the collection of an adequate sample for the hereditary and metabolic newborn screening.

IC 27-8-24-2

Amended by P.L. 129-2018,SEC. 41, eff. 7/1/2018.

As added by P.L. 194-1996, SEC.1.