2016 District of Columbia Code
Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety. §§ 7-101 - 7-3103
Chapter 8B-i - Newborn Heart Screening. §§ 7-857.01 - 7-857.04
§ 7–857.01. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Critical congenital heart disease” means a group of heart defects that cause serious, life-threatening symptoms and require intervention within the first days or first year of life.
(2) “Health benefit plan” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 31-3301.01(20).
(3) “Health insurer” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 31-3301.01(22).
(4) “Hospital” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(1).
(5) “Maternity center” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(2).
(6) “Nurse-midwife” means a registered nurse certified pursuant to 17 DCMR § 5800 et seq.
(7) “Pulse oximetry” means the non-invasive procedure used to measure oxygen levels in the blood.
(Sept. 17, 2015, D.C. Law 21-20, § 2, 62 DCR 8845.)
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