| Chapter 181 |
| 2015 -- S 0319 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/09/2015 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES |
| Introduced By: Senators Miller, Goldin, Satchell, Nesselbush, and Sosnowski |
| Date Introduced: February 12, 2015 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 23-13-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-13 entitled "Maternal |
| and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs" is hereby amended to |
| read as follows: |
| 23-13-9. Licensing and regulation of midwives -- Penalty for violations. -- The state |
| director of health is authorized and directed to make rules for the regulation of the practice of |
| midwifery and for the licensing of midwives, including regulations which that require the |
| payment of an initial application fee equal to that fee which that is imposed upon applicants for |
| licensure as nurse practitioners and a renewal fee also equivalent to that for nurse practitioners. |
| The rules regarding the regulation of the practice of midwifery shall authorize a licensed |
| licensed, nurse-midwife certified nurse-midwife (CNM) or a licensed, certified midwife (CM) to |
| prescribe medications that might be reasonably required by his or her patients; provided however, |
| that a nurse midwife licensed, certified nurse-midwife (CNM) or a licensed, certified midwife |
| (CM) shall prescribe any of those medications as authorized by a list prepared by the director of |
| health. The provisions of this section relating to prescription authority by nurse-midwives |
| certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives shall be overseen by the department of health as |
| defined in the department's rules and regulations for licensing of midwives (R23-13MID). No |
| person not a licensed midwife or a physician, registered under the provisions of chapter 37 of title |
| 5, shall practice midwifery midwifery, or shall make a practice of attending women in childbirth |
| for hire, or use the name or title of midwife. Any person who violates the provisions of this |
| section section, or who violates any of the rules of the department of health made in pursuance of |
| this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned not more than |
| six (6) months, or both, and the director of health may revoke the license issued to any person |
| when, in the opinion of the director of health, that person is guilty of unprofessional conduct. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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