§3259. Reporting
A. Every licensed midwife shall report to the board annually in a manner and form prescribed by the board. The report shall be submitted by January thirty-first of each year and shall include all of the following:
(1) The licensed midwife's name and license number.
(2) The calendar year being reported.
(3) The total number of clients served.
(4) The total number and parish of live births attended as a primary caregiver.
(5) The total number and parish of stillbirths attended as a primary caregiver.
(6) The number of patients whose primary care was transferred to another health care provider during the antepartum period and the reason for each transfer.
(7) The number, reason, and outcome for each elective hospital transfer.
(8) The number, reason, and outcome for each emergency transport of an expectant mother prior to labor.
(9) A brief description of any complications resulting in the death of a mother or an infant.
(10) Any other information prescribed by the board through rule or regulation.
B. A licensed midwife shall report within forty-eight hours to the board any maternal, fetal, or neonatal mortality or morbidity in patients for whom care has been given. The report shall include the sex, weight, date and place of delivery, method of delivery, congenital anomalies of the fetus, and if maternal, fetal, or neonatal death occurred, cause of death.
C. In addition to the penalties set forth in R.S. 37:3256, any licensed midwife failing to satisfy the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a civil fine not to exceed one hundred dollars each day the report is filed late. In no case shall the fine exceed five hundred dollars.
Acts 2012, No. 772, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §15, eff. June 11, 2013.
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