For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: “Administrator” means the warden of the penal institution, the director of a facility under the control of the Department of Corrections, or any designees thereof, including medical and correctional staff. “Confined” means housed, detained, or serving a sentence in a penal institution or other facility under the control of the Department of Corrections. “Labor” means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix and shall include any medical condition in which a woman is sent or brought to a medical facility for the purpose of delivering her baby. “Medical facility” shall include a hospital, birthing center, or clinic. “Penal institution” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-2603.01(6) . “Postpartum recovery” means a period of recovery following childbirth or miscarriage or termination of a pregnancy as determined by a physician to be medically necessary for healing. “Restraints” means any device used to control or bind the movement of a person’s body or limbs.
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