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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-2601" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Hospital Obstetric Services Policy">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Doula” means a nonmedical professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the birthing parent throughout the prenatal, labor, and postpartum periods.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Hospital” means a hospital, as defined in § 19–301 of this title, that provides obstetric care.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Significant medical intervention” means a cesarean section, induction of labor, augmentation of labor, operative vaginal delivery, or episiotomy.</text>
  </level>
</section>
