ARTICLE 2.5. Nurse-Midwives [2746. - 2746.8.]
Article 2.5 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1407.
§§ 2746–2746.8 · 14 sections
- § 2746 The board shall issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to any person who qualifies under this article and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of…
- § 2746.1 Every applicant for a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery shall comply with all the provisions of this article in addition to the provisions of this…
- § 2746.2 (a) An applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board that they have met the educational standards established by the board or have at least the…
- § 2746.3 Midwife’s certificates issued by the Medical Board of California prior to the effective date of this article shall be renewable only by such board.
- § 2746.4 Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the practice of midwifery by a person possessing a midwife’s certificate issued by the Medical Board of…
- § 2746.5 (a) The certificate to practice nurse-midwifery authorizes the holder to attend cases of low-risk pregnancy and childbirth and to provide prenatal care,…
- § 2746.51 (a) Neither this chapter nor any other law shall be construed to prohibit a certified nurse-midwife from furnishing or ordering drugs or devices, including…
- § 2746.52 (a) Notwithstanding Section 2746.5, the certificate to practice nurse-midwifery authorizes the holder to perform and repair episiotomies, and to repair…
- § 2746.53 The board may charge the applicant a fee to cover all necessary costs to implement Section 2746.51, that shall be not more than one thousand five hundred…
- § 2746.54 (a) A certified nurse-midwife shall disclose in oral and written form to a prospective patient as part of a patient care plan, and obtain informed consent for,…
- § 2746.55 (a) For all maternal or neonatal transfers to the hospital setting during labor or the immediate postpartum period, for which the intended place of birth was…
- § 2746.6 (a) The board shall not suspend or revoke a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery solely for performing an abortion if the holder performed the abortion in…
- § 2746.7 An applicant for certification pursuant to this article shall submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board, accompanied by the fee…
- § 2746.8 (a) Each certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be renewable biennially, and each person holding a certificate under this article shall apply for a…