Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 333. Health § 333.20719

Sec. 20719. (1) A freestanding birth center shall provide quality perinatal care that promotes physiologic birth, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(2) The freestanding birth center shall provide a patient, at the inception of care, with all of the following information:

(3) The freestanding birth center shall ensure that a health care provider is present or available to the patient at all times when a patient is admitted to the freestanding birth center and until the patient and the newborn are determined to be clinically stable, based on criteria established by the freestanding birth center.

(4) The freestanding birth center shall ensure that a health care provider monitors the progress of a patient's labor and the condition of the patient and fetus or newborn at intervals established in the freestanding birth center's policies and procedures.

(5) Subject to this subsection, the freestanding birth center shall have the personnel and equipment necessary to ensure patient safety, meet the demands for services that are routinely provided in the freestanding birth center, provide coverage during periods of high demand or in the case of an emergency, and respond to patient health emergencies that may arise while a patient is receiving services in the freestanding birth center, including, but not limited to, basic life support, neonatal resuscitation, and the initial management of postpartum complications. The freestanding birth center shall ensure that at least 2 individuals are on the premises and immediately available during a delivery who are certified in basic life support from the American Heart Association or an equivalent organization as determined by the department and are certified in neonatal resuscitation from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Heart Association, or an equivalent organization, as determined by the department.