N.D. Cent. Code § 23-51-01: Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1."Committee" means the maternal mortality review committee.

2."Department" means the obstetrics and gynecology department of the university of North Dakota school of medicine and health sciences.

3."Health care provider" means:

a.An individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services in the ordinary course of business in the state; or

b.A health facility licensed by the department of health and human services.

4."Maternal mortality" means the death of a pregnant woman or a woman within one year postpartum.

5."School" means the university of North Dakota school of medicine and health sciences.

6."Severe maternal morbidity" means a condition occurring in a woman during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy which results in:

a.Admission to the intensive care unit of a health facility; or

b.Transfusion of four or more units of blood products.