1. Every licensee must have a register wherein he shall enter the name
and address of every maternity patient, the date of admission and
discharge of every patient, the name and sex of every child born or
boarded on the premises, the date of every birth, the legitimacy or
illegitimacy of every child, the name and residence of the father, the
date of removal of the child, the name and address of the person
taking it away, and, if relinquished by the mother, the date of
relinquishment, the name and address of the person to whom the child
is relinquished, and the reasons therefor; and if adopted, the date of
adoption, the name of the person signing the consent of adoption, and
the name and address of the person adopting the child. Every
admission, discharge, birth, death, relinquishment or adoption must be
recorded in the register within twenty-four hours after its
occurrence.[2]
[Footnote 2: The State Board of Charities and Corrections
does not furnish the maternity hospital register, it merely
prescribes the form. A book may be obtained from A. Carlisle
and Co., 251 Bush street, Schwabacher, Frey and Company, 611
Market street, or H. S. Crocker, 565 Market street, San
Francisco, and from Morris and Le Leviere, 218 New High
street, Los Angeles. These forms are kept in duplicate, the
perforated sheets to be removed and sent to the office of the
State Board of Charities and Corrections, as the semi-annual
report. The carbon copy remains permanently bound for the
hospital record.]
2. A semi-annual report, which shall be an exact transcript of this
register, shall be made to the State Board of Charities and
Corrections, 995 Market street, San Francisco, January 1 and July 1 of
each year.
3. A detailed medical record of mothers' and infants' physical
condition shall be maintained. (Sample forms provided by State Board
of Charities and Corrections, upon request.)
4. It is recommended that all orders from physicians regarding mothers
and infants be written in ink on charts or in order book.
5. It is recommended that attending physician examine mother and
infant on day of discharge and attach signature to statement of
findings.
6. All births and deaths must be reported promptly to the local
authorities by the attending physician. (See Political Code, Section
3077, Chapter 378, Statutes 1915.)
Inspection.
The proprietor or person in charge of the maternity home shall give
the inspectors of the State Board of Charities and Corrections all
information required and shall afford them every facility for
examining the records, inspecting the premises, and seeing the
inmates, and inquiring into all matters concerning such home or house
and the inmates thereof.
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