2024 Florida Statutes
< Back to Statute SearchTitle XXIX PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 383
MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH CARE
SECTION 16Definitions; ss. 383.15-383.19.
383.16 Definitions; ss. 383.15-383.19.—As used in ss. 383.15-383.19, the term:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Health.
(2) “Regional perinatal intensive care center” or “center” means a unit designated by the department, located within a hospital, and specifically designed to provide a full range of health services to its patients.
(3) “Patient” means a woman who is experiencing a high-risk pregnancy and who has been declared financially and medically eligible or a newborn infant who needs intensive care and who is declared financially and medically eligible.
History.—s. 2, ch. 76-54; s. 1, ch. 77-171; s. 1, ch. 79-351; s. 1, ch. 85-225; s. 2, ch. 94-140; s. 61, ch. 97-101; s. 85, ch. 2014-17.