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Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 50.760, by substituting a reference to AS 47.32.030 (centralized licensing) for the reference to AS 47.35.010(a)(3), a statute that was repealed in 2005. 7 AAC 50.770. Health. (a) A facility shall ensure that each expectant mother is under the medical supervision of a licensed physician. (b) A facility shall ensure that periodic examinations and laboratory tests recommended by a physician are performed according to standards of good prenatal care. (c) A facility that admits pregnant adolescents earlier than 60 days before delivery shall ensure that

(1) a pregnant adolescent receives comprehensive prenatal care, including regular visits to an obstetrician or certified nurse mid-wife, according to the schedule of the professional providing the care;

(2) medical appointments the pregnant adolescent misses are made up; and

(3) a system is established to provide background medical information on the pregnant adolescent to the hospital or birthing center that the pregnant adolescent has identified as the location of the baby’s delivery. (d) A facility shall arrange to have a staff member, family member, or volunteer company a expectant mother to the hospital or birthing center when she is ready to deliver and remain with the expectant mother until health care personnel are assigned to her. (e) Following delivery, a facility shall ensure a mother receives medical and nursing supervision and is allowed an adequate period for recovery. (f) A facility providing care and services to an adolescent and her infant or other young child within the facility after childbirth shall ensure that mothers follow the early periodic screening,