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Under A.R.S. 20-1342, what is the minimum hospital stay that an Arizona accident and health policy may allow following a normal vaginal delivery?
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Why B is correct
A.R.S. 20-1342 prohibits restricting hospital stays to less than 48 hours following a normal vaginal delivery. Arizona carriers may not write shorter minimums into their maternity benefits, and the 96-hour figure in the same statute belongs to cesarean deliveries — candidates who swap the two thresholds miss the question.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) Same-day discharge at the insurer's discretion is exactly what A.R.S. 20-1342 forbids; the 48-hour floor for vaginal deliveries cannot be shortened.
- C) Ninety-six hours is the cesarean-section minimum under A.R.S. 20-1342, not the minimum for a normal vaginal delivery.
- D) No 90-hour standard exists in A.R.S. 20-1342; the vaginal-delivery floor is 48 hours.
Memory hook
Vaginal means 48 — the doubled figure is for the surgical delivery.