Section 123485 Of Article 3. Community-based Perinatal System From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. The following definitions shall govern the construction of
this article:
(a) "Community-based comprehensive perinatal care" means a range
of prenatal, delivery, postpartum, infant, and pediatric care
services delivered in an urban community or neighborhood, rural area,
city or county clinic, city or county health department,
freestanding birth center, or other health care provider facility by
health care practitioners trained in methods of preventing
complications and problems during and after pregnancy, and in methods
of educating pregnant women of these preventive measures, and who
provide a continuous range of services. The health care practitioners
shall, through a system of established linkages to other levels of
care in the community, consult with, and, when appropriate, refer to,
specialists.
(b) "Low income" means all persons of childbearing age eligible
for Medi-Cal benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000)
and all persons eligible for public social services for which
federal reimbursement is available, including potential recipients.
"Potential recipients" shall include the pregnant woman and her
infant in a family where current social, economic and health
conditions of the family indicate that the family would likely become
a recipient of financial assistance within the next five years.
(c) "Prenatal care" means care received from conception until the
completion of labor and delivery.
(d) "Perinatal care" means care received from the time of
conception through the first year after birth.
(e) "Qualified organization" means any nonprofit, not-for-profit,
or for-profit corporation with demonstrated expertise in implementing
the Nurse-Family Partnership program or similar programs in
different local settings.
(f) "Qualified trainer" means anyone who has been certified by the
Nurse-Family Partnership to provide training.
(g) "Department" means the State Department of Public Health,
unless otherwise designated.