Colorado § 12-30-118 - Acceptance of transfers from home and birthing centers.
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§ 12-30-118. Acceptance of transfers from home and birthing centers.
(1) A person regulated under this title 12 who regularly provides health-care services related to labor and delivery shall:
(a) Be able to identify when to transmit and receive patient information, and transfer and receive patients, across the facility's levels of care; and
(b) Coordinate with other providers to effectuate services across the facility's levels of care in a way that prevents patients losing access to care.
(2) This section does not prohibit health-care providers from billing for health-care services rendered.
(3) The acceptance of a transferred pregnant person does not establish an employment or consultation relationship between the accepting health-care provider and the transferring health-care provider or establish grounds for vicarious liability.
Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-194), ch. 434, p. 2868, § 2, effective September 7.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-30-118 ("Acceptance of transfers from home and birthing centers.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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