N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-178.3
Regulation of midwifery
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
(1) No person shall practice or offer to practice or hold oneself out to practice midwifery unless approved pursuant to this Article.
(1) No person shall practice or offer to practice or hold oneself out to practice midwifery unless approved pursuant to this Article.
(2) 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).
(2) 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).
(3) Graduate nurse midwife applicant status may be granted by the joint subcommittee in accordance with G.S. 90-178.4.
(3) Graduate nurse midwife applicant status may be granted by the joint subcommittee in accordance with G.S. 90-178.4.
History
(1983, c. 897, s. 1; 2000-140, s. 60.)
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