Updated: Nov. 10, 2025

A birthing center is a facility or other place where human births are planned to occur. This does not include the usual residence of the mother or any facility which is licensed as a hospital or the private practice of a physician who attends the birth.

Regulations and Code of Laws

• Regulation 60-102, Standards for Licensing Birthing Centers for Deliveries by Midwives (pdf)
• State Certification of Need and Health Facility Licensure Act, Section 44-7-110, et seq.
• Care of the Newly Born, Section 44-37-10, et seq.
• Emerson Rose Act, Section 44-37-70, et seq.
• Birthing Center Licensure Act, Section 44-89-10, et seq.

Forms

• Application for Licensure (pdf)

Memos

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) at Licensed Birthing Centers (12/15/10) (pdf)

Maps

• Find a Facility - Birthing Centers