§90-178.3. Regulation of midwifery

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(a)        No person shall practice or offer to practice or hold oneself out to practice midwifery unless approved pursuant to this Article.

(b)        A person approved pursuant to this Article may practice midwifery in a hospital or non-hospital setting and shall practice under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine who is actively engaged in the practice of obstetrics. A registered nurse approved pursuant to this Article is authorized to write prescriptions for drugs in accordance with the same conditions applicable to a nurse practitioner under G.S. 90-18.2(b).

(c)        Graduate nurse midwife applicant status may be granted by the joint subcommittee in accordance with G.S. 90-178.4.

(1983, c. 897, s. 1; 2000-140, s. 60.)

                    
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