Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article:
(a) “Perinatal health system” means all of the prenatal care, delivery care, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care services available to a region identified by the department pursuant to this article.
(b) “Regionalized perinatal health system” means coordinated measures intended to ensure that a perinatal health system provides at least minimum services necessary to meet the maternal and infant health needs of the region and intended to ensure that it does so as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
(c) “High-risk pregnant woman” means a woman considered highly likely for any reason to suffer personal mortality or morbidity from her pregnancy, or to deliver a defective, disabled, high-risk, or stillborn infant.
(d) “High-risk infant” means a newborn considered highly likely for any reason to suffer personal mortality or morbidity or to suffer long-lasting defect or disability.
(e) “High-risk geographic area” means a region in this state in which the proportion of high-risk pregnant women or high-risk infants exceeds the average for the population of California as a whole.
(f) “High-risk population” means a demographic group in which the proportion of high-risk women or high-risk infants exceeds the average for the population of California as a whole.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)