[§321‑33]  Shaken babysyndrome.  (a)  Any hospital that provides medical care to a newborn mayprovide each parent of the newborn with written educational informationapproved by the department of health and provided by nonprofit organizationsabout the dangerous effects of shaken baby syndrome and the different methodsof preventing shaken baby syndrome.

(b)  For the purpose of this section:

"Hospital" includes:

(1)  An institution with an organized medical staff,regulated under section 321‑11(10), that admits patients for inpatientcare, diagnosis, observation, and treatment; and

(2)  A health facility under chapter 323F.

"Medical care" means every type ofcare, treatment, surgery, hospitalization, attendance, service, and supplies asthe nature of the injury or condition requires.

"Parent" includes a biological motheror father, foster mother or foster father, adoptive mother or adoptive father,and stepmother or stepfather.

"Shaken baby syndrome" means aninjury caused by the vigorous shaking of an infant or young child that mayresult in injuries such as subdural [hematoma], head injury, irreversible braindamage, blindness, retinal hemorrhage, eye damage, cerebral palsy, hearingloss, spinal cord injury, paralysis, seizures, learning disability, centralnervous system injury, rib fracture, or death. [L 2007, c 216, §2]