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1 | | welfare agency that has accepted the referral of the infant in |
2 | | accordance with Section 50. |
3 | | If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be |
4 | | the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant |
5 | | within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a |
6 | | hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and |
7 | | contact information of the child welfare agency to whom |
8 | | custody of the infant was transferred. |
9 | | (b) Fire stations and emergency medical facilities. Every |
10 | | fire station and emergency medical facility must accept and |
11 | | provide all necessary emergency services and care to a |
12 | | relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. |
13 | | The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as |
14 | | implied consent for the fire station or emergency medical |
15 | | facility and its emergency medical professionals to treat and |
16 | | provide care for the infant, to the extent that those |
17 | | emergency medical professionals are trained to provide those |
18 | | services. |
19 | | After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a fire |
20 | | station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or |
21 | | emergency medical facility's personnel must arrange for the |
22 | | transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon |
23 | | as transportation can be arranged. |
24 | | If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be |
25 | | the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant |
26 | | within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a fire |