D.C. Code § 3-1206.61: Definitions.

(a)

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:

(1)

"Applicant" means an organization petitioning the Director of the Department of Health to become a certified maternity center.

(2)

"Maternity center" means a facility or other place, other than a hospital or the mother's home, that provides antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal care for both mother and newborn infant during and after a normal, uncomplicated pregnancy.