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SB 1021 - This act creates a "Board of Direct-Entry Midwives" within the Division of Professional Registration. The board shall have the power to issue licenses and to suspend, revoke or deny the license of a direct-entry midwife. The board shall develop practice guidelines regarding the practice of midwifery established by the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives, including the development of collaborative relationships with other healthcare practitioners who can provide care outside the scope of midwifery when necessary. A direct-entry midwife is defined as one who is certified by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) as a certified professional midwife providing for compensation those skills relevant to the care of women and infants before, during, and after birth. The practice of direct-entry midwifery is defined as the science and art of examination, evaluation, assessment, counseling and treatment of women and infants by those methods commonly taught in any midwifery school, college or midwifery program in a university which has been accredited by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council. The practice does not include use of operative surgery, nor the prescribing of drugs. The practice is not the practice of medicine, osteopathy, nursing or nurse-midwifery. This act is substantially similar to SB 303 (2007). ADRIANE CROUSE
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