{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1206.61","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 3-1206.61","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a)\nFor the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n(1)\n\"Applicant\" means an organization petitioning the Director of the Department of Health to become a certified maternity center.\n(2)\n\"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.","path":["Title 3. District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.","Chapter 12. Health Occupations Boards.","Subchapter VI-E. Maternity Centers Certification; Operations Administration."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/3-1206.61","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ab0d4a506dd260283c438173ef5aeb695f8116144cbadbd9fbf23c182368e698","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1206.53","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1206.62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}