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§ 6504.3. Incubators for newborns

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic RelationsEffective: December 22, 2017

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic Relations (Refs & Annos)
Part VII. Abuse of Family
Chapter 65. Newborn Protection
Effective: December 22, 2017
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6504.3
§ 6504.3. Incubators for newborns
<Text of subsec. (a) effective 120 days after publication of notice under 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6504.3(c).>
(a) Provision optional.--A hospital, police station or other entity employing or otherwise providing access to an emergency services provider may provide an incubator for the care of a newborn accepted under this chapter.
(b) Regulations.--The Department of Health shall promulgate regulations for providing an incubator under subsection (a). The regulations shall include all of the following:
(1) Sanitation standards for an incubator.
(2) Procedures to provide emergency care for an infant placed in an incubator.
(3) Manufacturing and manufacturer standards for an incubator.
(4) Design and function requirements for an incubator which shall include all of the following:
(i) Installation of an incubator at a hospital, police station or other entity which employs or otherwise provides access to an emergency services provider.
(ii) Allowance of an infant to be placed in the incubator anonymously by the parent.
(iii) Locking an incubator after the parent places the infant in the incubator to prevent third parties from having access to the infant.
(iv) Providing a controlled environment to protect and care for the infant.
(v) Providing notice to the personnel of a hospital, police station or other entity which employs or otherwise provides access to an emergency services provider within 30 seconds of the infant being placed by the parent in the incubator.
(vi) Triggering a 911 call if the personnel of a hospital, police station or other entity which employs or otherwise provides access to an emergency services provider does not respond within a reasonable amount of time under subparagraph (v).
(5) Operating policy, supervision and maintenance requirements for an incubator, including that only an emergency services provider at an entity that employs or otherwise provides access to the emergency services provider, a health care provider at a hospital or police officer at a police station may take an infant into protective custody in accordance with Chapter 63 (relating to child protective services).
(6) Qualifications to install an incubator.
(7) Procedures and forms for the free registration with the Department of Health of installers qualified to install incubators in accordance with this chapter.
(8) Procedures for the free registration with the Department of Health of an incubator installed in accordance with this chapter.
(9) The creation and installation of signs near an incubator to provide information to parents about how to use the incubators.
(10) Any other provisions deemed necessary by the Department of Health to ensure the safety of an infant and the safe use of an incubator by a parent.
(c) Notice.--The Department of Health shall publish notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the promulgation of final regulations regarding incubators under subsection (b).

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2017, Dec. 22, P.L. 1219, No. 68, § 5.
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6504.3, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6504.3
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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