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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-401" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Identification of Newborn Infants">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Born” means the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of human conception from the mother, regardless of the period of gestation, if, after the expulsion or extraction, it breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as heartbeat, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscle, whether or not the umbilical cord is cut or the placenta is attached.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Cord blood sampling” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Taking a sample of a newborn infant’s blood from the infant’s umbilical cord; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The act of producing such a sample.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Footprinting” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An ink or other type of impression of the skin patterns located on the sole of a foot; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The act of producing such an impression.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Institution” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A hospital or related institution as defined in § 19-301 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A freestanding birthing center as defined in § 19-3B-01(f) of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any other facility that delivers an infant from its mother.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
