Rules and Regulations
Governing Maternity Hospitals and Homes

Compiled and published by the
California State Board of Charities and Corrections

995 Market Street, San Francisco
1018 Pacific Finance Building, Los Angeles

September, 1922

California State Printing Office
Sacramento, California

LAW GOVERNING LICENSE AND SUPERVISION OF MATERNITY HOSPITALS AND HOMES BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.

CHAPTER 69, STATUTES 1913.

An act to provide for the licensing, inspecting and regulating of maternity hospitals or lying-in asylums, and institutions, boarding houses and homes for the reception and care of children, by the state board of charities and corrections, and providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this act.

[Approved April 23, 1913. In effect August 10, 1913.]

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

Section 1. No person, association, or corporation shall hereafter maintain or conduct in this state any maternity hospital or lying-in asylum where females may be received, cared for or treated during pregnancy, or during or after delivery; or any institution, boarding house, home or other place conducted as a place for the reception and care of children, without first obtaining a license or permit therefor, in writing, from the state board of charities and corrections, such permit or license once issued to continue until revoked for cause after a hearing.

Sec. 2. The state board of charities and corrections is hereby authorized to issue licenses or permits to persons or associations to conduct maternity hospitals, lying-in asylums, or homes for children, as provided in section one of this act, and to prescribe the conditions upon which such licenses or permits shall be granted, and such rules and regulations as it may deem best for the government and regulation of maternity hospitals, lying-in asylums and institutions, boarding houses, or homes for the reception and care of children, and said board is further authorized, by one or more of its members, secretary, or duly authorized representative, to inspect and report upon the conditions prevailing in all such institutions.

Sec. 3. Any person who maintains or conducts, or assists in maintaining or conducting as manager or officer any maternity hospital, lying in asylum, or any institution, boarding house, home or other place conducted as a place for the reception and care of children, or who keeps at any such place any child under the age of twelve years, not his relative, apprentice or ward, without first having obtained a license or permit therefor in writing, as provided in section one of this act, shall be punished upon conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or both a fine and imprisonment may be imposed at the discretion of the court.

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF MATERNITY HOSPITALS AND HOMES.

In accordance with Chapter 69, Statutes 1913.

Definitions.

Any place into which women are received to be cared for before, during or after parturition shall be considered as a maternity hospital or home.

Institutions caring for maternity patients are classified as follows, according to equipment:

Class A. Separate class A building with complete equipment caring for maternity patients only.

Class B. Hospital with maternity department with