Disclosure requirements

(a) Hospital requirement Each hospital shall publicly disclose the policy of such hospital regarding the provision of life-saving care to an infant in the case of a premature birth, including— (1) whether there is a minimum gestational age at which life-saving care will be provided to an infant in the case of a premature birth; (2) whether the decision to provide life-saving care to an infant in the case of a premature birth is made on a case-by-case basis; and (3) the process by which the hospital, in the case of a premature birth or expected premature birth, would transfer the infant and mother to the nearest facility with a neonatal intensive care unit that would provide life-saving care to the infant, if the hospital does not have the capacity to provide life-saving care to such infant. (b) Practitioner requirement Each obstetrician, or other health care practitioner who provides obstetric services to patients, shall, at the first prenatal visit of a patient, disclose to the patient the policy of any hospital at which the obstetrician or practitioner has admitting privileges regarding the provision of life-saving care to an infant in the case of a premature birth, including— (1) whether there is a minimum gestational age at which life-saving care will be provided to an infant in the case of a premature birth; (2) whether the decision to provide life-saving care to an infant in the case of a premature birth is made on a case-by-case basis; and (3) the process by which the hospital, in the case of a premature birth or expected premature birth, would arrange for the transfer the infant and mother to the nearest facility with a neonatal intensive care unit that would provide life-saving care to the infant, if the facility in which the practitioner is providing services does not have the capacity to provide life-saving care to such infant.