Rule 511-5-13-.01. Scope and Purpose
- (1) These regulations are enacted pursuant to Sections 50 through -57 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to establish a program that encourages the improvement of quality of care to create better maternal and neonatal outcomes.
- (2) The purpose of these regulations is to establish separate criteria for three maternal and three neonatal levels of care and procedures by which a perinatal facility may request approval to be a designated facility which has achieved a particular DPH designated level of care.
- (3) These regulations are not intended to prevent any perinatal facility from providing medical services to a woman or infant.
- (4) No perinatal facility shall hold itself out as or advertise itself to the public as having achieved a DPH designated level of care as a maternal or neonatal center unless it has been so designated by the Department.
Authority: O.C.G.A. § 31-2A-50 through -57.
History. Original Rule entitled "Scope and Purpose" adopted. F. Oct. 22, 2019; eff. Nov. 14, 2019, as specified by the Agency.