- (a) Each hospital, birthing facility, and nurse-midwife shall provide to each parent comprehensive newborn education and a discharge form approved by the Department with information regarding the newborn's hospital course of treatment, including screenings, procedures, and other tests.
- (b) The Mayor shall develop and issue standards for post-partum education, including breastfeeding, family planning, safe sleep practices, tobacco exposure, vaccinations, car safety, basic newborn care, and the results and rationale for newborn screenings.
- (c) The Mayor shall establish the content of newborn discharge forms through rulemaking.
History
Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 302
June 24, 2020, D.C. Law 23-118, § 2(c)