Birth Center
A birth center is a licensed facility which is not an ambulatory surgical center,
a hospital or located within a hospital, in which births are planned to occur
away from the mother's usual place of residence following a normal, uncomplicated,
low-risk pregnancy.
Initial/Renewal License Requirements
A facility applying for a license must meet all state licensing requirements,
provide required documentation and have completed a satisfactory survey. The
biennial license fee is $360.00 and the annual survey/inspection fee is $250.00.
Accredited birth centers must only pay the survey fee in the year surveyed by
the Agency for Health Care Administration.
To renew a current state license that is due to expire, you must print the licensure application form below and
submit the completed form(s) with the renewal fee prior to the expiration date of the license. Applications for
renewal must be received by the Agency at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the license or a late fee
will be assessed.
Required documentation/forms
Background Screening
Florida Department of Law Enforcement and FBI fingerprinting must be completed
by the center's manager and the person responsible for the daily financial operation
of the center prior to approving the initial application and then repeated every
five years. Please go to the background screening
section of this web site for additional documentation that must be submitted
with your application.
Birth Center Annual Report
Each licensed birth center must submit a completed annual report form to the
Agency for Health Care Administration no later than July 30 each year.
Notification of Disposition of Fetal Remains Form (AHCA Form 3100-0006 January 2005)
This form provides the procedures for notification of options available to a mother who has experienced a spontaneous
fetal demise of less than 20 weeks gestation. This form, to be used by hospitals and birth centers, is similar to a
Department of Health form that would be used by health care practitioners to provide this information. The form is
required by section 383.33625, Florida Statutes, the Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act, and section 59A-3.281,
Florida Administrative Code.
Statute/Rule Authority
Forms
Updated March 18, 2008
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