Tennessee Statutes
§ 63-15-102 — Chapter definitions
Tennessee·Title 63
As used in this chapter:
(1)"Committee" means the doula services advisory committee;
(2)"Community-based doula" means a doula who serves pregnant women in a community in this state with a high rate of maternal or infant mortality and morbidity, and whose services are tailored to the specific needs of that community;
(3)"Department" means the department of health;
(4)"Doula" means a birth worker who provides child birth education, advocacy, and physical, emotional, and nonmedical support for pregnant and postpartum women before, during, and after childbirth and loss;
(5)"Doula services" means at least three (3) prenatal appointments, continuous labor support during birth, and at least three (3) postpartum appointments with a pregnant woman; and (6) "Postpartum" means the twelve-month p
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Legislative History
Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 424, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
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