Emergency Care Plans

844 IAC 17-1-11 requires a certified direct entry midwife to develope a written emergency care plan for each client.  

The emergency care plan must:

• Be signed by the client and midwife;
• Be maintained in the client's record;
• Specify the planned location of delivery;
• Designate a hospital(s), including directions from the planned location of deliver, where the client can receive emergency care;
• Include the name, address, and telephone number of the collaborating physician, midwife, infant's physician, and other designated providers;
• Include the name, address, and telephone number of an emergency contact for the client;
• Include a signed release of the client's records in accordance with IC 25-23.4-4-1(a)(5); and,
• Be filed with the designated hospital(s).

Sample Emergency Care Plan - This is provided for illustrative purposes only.