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Show operated ur.de:- the direction of the Summit County Board of commissioners, is the first in that community, according to Dr Oldham, Old-ham, and will fill a long-felt need It has been equipped to care for accident, emergency surgery and obstetrical cases, and will serve persons from a large area in the vicinity of Coalville. The one-story building contains mteen rooms, including surgery X-ray and delivery rooms. There is a seperate nursery with accomodations accom-odations for six infants. The building and all equipment are new and of the latest design. Dl'- eIe J- Beebe, director of u-,1011 of Maternal and Child Health of the State Board or Health, recently visited the hospital and expressed her pleasure pleas-ure at finding such adequate provision pro-vision for good hospitalization for expectent mothers and babies in Summit County and vicinity 'The community should be con-gradulated-on its excellent and farsighted leadership in matters of health," Dr. Beebe said. It is unlawful to operate a maternity mat-ernity home in the State of Utah without having obtained a perron m writing from the State Board 'r wealth, according to a statement state-ment released by the 3oard, in the announcement of new rules and regulations recently adopted for the establishment and maintenance main-tenance of maternity homes and hospitals. The State law defines a mat-f.-.-mty hospital as "any institution or place for the recopt.'on, care and treatment of women in labor, or where females may be received cared for and treated during preg-nncyand preg-nncyand after delivery". The provisions of the Act, Dr. Lela J. Beebe, director of the Division Div-ision of Materr.ai and Child Health, pointed out, do not apply to maternity service in general hospitals. The rules and regulatons adopted adopt-ed by the State Board of Health were made in the interest of more adequate administraton of the law which has been on the statute books for many years. They explain ex-plain the machinery through which permits shall be issued, tne manner of application, the manner man-ner of operatoin of institutions required re-quired to qualify under the law, responsibilities of proprietors, manner of applying for renewal cf permits, manner of keepine records, causes for revocation of permits classification of types of ospitals. and other details which those operating or contemplating operat:on of such institutions wm 'c interested in. It is essential. Dr. Beebe explained, ex-plained, that all persons takine omen into their homes for de"i? m elyutP?ly t0 thte State Board of Health tor a permit to operate a maternity home. This applies even where cases are accepted infrequently. infre-quently. Permits must be renewed annually, lt was further explained be ffPHeWal r,f aPP"cationPs shall yeJded 0n Deceiber 1st each Applications for permits and copies of the rules and regula w"fS i?6 obtained from district dis-trict health offices in Ogden Prove, Price, Richfield, Cedar S and from the central office tot he State Board of Health, 130 State Capitol Building, Salt Lake District health officers or the State health office, through the SiXn l Maternal and Child Health, will provide further details de-tails and other information upon reauest. F |
