Limitations on departmental requirements.

Sec. 20722. (1) The department shall not require a freestanding birth center to do any of the following: (a) Maintain a collaborative agreement with another health facility or agency or with a health care provider who is not employed by or under contract with a freestanding birth center. (b) Provide care other than midwifery care. (2) Subsection (1) does not limit a freestanding birth center from maintaining a collaborative agreement or providing care other than midwifery care as described under subsection (1).