FL S1764

Licensed midwives must advise patients upon acceptance into care about clinical outcomes for low-risk out-of-hospital births and increased risks associated with vaginal birth after cesarean section, breech births, and multiple gestation pregnancies

Midwives must transfer patients to a hospital with obstetrical services if complications arise during labor or delivery, including unexpected non-vertex fetal presentation, uterine rupture, severe fetal or maternal distress, pregnancy-induced hypertension, umbilical cord prolapse, or active infectious disease

The Department of Health must develop a uniform patient informed consent form for out-of-hospital births that includes information about birth outcomes, risks, and hospital admitting privileges

Midwives providing out-of-hospital births must disclose on the consent form which hospitals have granted them admitting privileges, including scope and duration, or explicitly state they have no hospital admitting privileges

Midwives must measure and record vital signs of both mother and fetus upon initial contact during the intrapartal period to establish baseline measurements during labor and delivery