                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR MATERNITY PATIENTS (§ 32.1-134.01)

Every licensed nurse midwife, licensed midwife, or hospital providing maternity
care shall, prior to releasing each maternity patient, make available to such
patient and, if present, to the other parent of the infant and other relevant
family members or caretakers, information about the incidence of postpartum
blues, perinatal depression, and perinatal anxiety; information to increase
awareness of shaken baby syndrome and the dangers of shaking infants; and
information about safe sleep environments for infants that is consistent with
current information available from the American Academy of Pediatrics. This
information shall be discussed with the maternity patient and the other parent
of the infant and other relevant family members or caretakers who are present at
discharge.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 647; 2005, c. 518; 2015, c. 296; 2019, c. 433; 2020, c. 900.