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1. How does the Safe Haven Act define the following terms?

• Appropriate Person: Someone at a designated facility who is able to ensure that the newborn infant is safe; for example, the triage person in a hospital emergency department or duty officer in a police station.
• Designated Facility: Hospital (it is preferred that the newborns specifically be taken to an acute care hospital emergency department), police department or manned fire station; the locations stipulated by the Safe Haven Law.
• Newborn Infant: A baby 7 days old or younger.
• Notification: An immediate notice to be filed with the Department of Children and Families (DCF) on the voluntary surrender of the newborn infant.
• Voluntary Placed, Voluntary Placement or Voluntary Abandonment: Voluntarily leaving the newborn infant with an appropriate person at a designated facility.

2. When is the Safe Haven Act applicable?

When a parent voluntarily surrenders a newborn infant 7 days of age or younger with an appropriate person at a hospital, police department or manned fire station and there are no signs of abuse or neglect of the infant.