SUBCHAPTER 70K ‑ RESIDENTIAL MATERNITY HOMES

SECTION .0100 ‑ GENERAL

10A NCAC 70K .0101       DEFINITION

(a)  For the purposes of the rules in this Subchapter, "residential maternity home" means a child-caring institution that provides continuing full-time care for adolescent and adult women during pregnancy and after delivery when delivery takes place in a licensed hospital. Residential maternity homes shall not hold dual licensure under G.S. 131D and G.S. 122C. A residential maternity home shall not be licensed under both 10A NCAC 70I and 10A NCAC 70K. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, is the licensing authority for residential maternity homes.

(b)  The "Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard" means the term as defined in G.S. 131D-10.2A.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131D-10.2A; 131D-10.10; 143B‑153;

Eff. February 1, 1986;

Amended Eff. October 1, 2008; June 1, 1990;

Readopted Eff. August 1, 2017.