inue until
revoked for cause after a hearing.

SEC. 2. The state board of charities and corrections is hereby
authorized to issue licenses or permits to persons or associations to
conduct maternity hospitals, lying-in asylums, or homes for children,
as provided in section one of this act, and to prescribe the
conditions upon which such licenses or permits shall be granted, and
such rules and regulations as it may deem best for the government and
regulation of maternity hospitals, lying-in asylums and institutions,
boarding houses, or homes for the reception and care of children, and
said board is further authorized, by one or more of its members,
secretary, or duly authorized representative, to inspect and report
upon the conditions prevailing in all such institutions.

SEC. 3. Any person who maintains or conducts, or assists in
maintaining or conducting as manager or officer any maternity
hospital, lying in asylum, or any institution, boarding house, home or
other place conducted as a place for the reception and care of
children, or who keeps at any such place any child under the age of
twelve years, not his relative, apprentice or ward, without first
having obtained a license or permit therefor in writing, as provided
in section one of this act, shall be punished upon conviction by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a
fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or both a fine and
imprisonment may be imposed at the discretion of the court.

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF MATERNITY HOSPITALS AND
HOMES.

In accordance with Chapter 69, Statutes 1913.

Definitions.

Any place into which women are received to be cared for before, during
or after parturition shall be considered as a maternity hospital or
home.

Institutions caring for maternity patients are classified as follows,
according to equipment:

_Class A._ Separate class A building with complete equipment caring
for maternity patients only.

_Class B._ Hospital with maternity department with fully equipped
delivery room and nursery.

_Class C._ General hospital with either delivery room or nursery and
general hospital using the operating room for delivery.

For rules and regulations for Class A, B and C maternity hospitals,
see page 6.

_Class D._ Private homes.

For rules and regulations for Class D private maternity homes, see
page 13.

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING MATERNITY HOSPITALS