{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-858.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-858.04","heading":"Discharge standards.","body":"(a)\nEach hospital, birthing facility, and nurse-midwife shall provide to each parent comprehensive newborn education and a discharge form approved by the Department with information regarding the newborn's hospital course of treatment, including screenings, procedures, and other tests.\n\n(b)\nThe Mayor shall develop and issue standards for post-partum education, including breastfeeding, family planning, safe sleep practices, tobacco exposure, vaccinations, car safety, basic newborn care, and the results and rationale for newborn screenings.\n\n(c)\nThe Mayor shall establish the content of newborn discharge forms through rulemaking.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 8B-ii. Compehensive Newborn Screening."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-858.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"fa935e4e5b837180e844309d3fd008dfa9f95457176bd08648e23d5aeaa6e4f5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-858.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-858.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}