Transcription of State law chart: Certified Professional Midwife Scope of Practice
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2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. State law chart: Certified Professional Midwife Scope of Practice Overview This document focuses on Certified Professional midwives (direct-entry midwives ) licensure, certification, registration in the United States. It is not meant to be a comprehensive analysis of prescribing laws or limitations. Statutory citations have been included for reference and additional research. The following chart reflects a current update of State laws regarding direct-entry midwifery, also referred to as lay midwifery. 1. Does your State license, certify, and/or register direct-entry/lay midwives, and if so, are there specific provisions governingthis process?2. Does your State have a separate board to regulate the Practice of direct-entry midwifery?3. Does your State have specific requirements for medication administration?For more information, please contact Kristin Schleiter, JD, LLM, Senior Legislative Attorney, AMA Advocacy Resource Center at or 312-464-4783.
examination administered by NARM. - Additionally, an applicant for California licensure also may show current licensure as a midwife by another state with licensing standards equivalent to those of the Medical Board of California (Business and Professions Code section 2512.5(b)).
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