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IN SB0272
Bill
Status
1/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Dennis Kruse
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AI Summary
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Transfers certification authority for direct entry midwives from the medical licensing board to the midwifery committee effective July 1, 2015.
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Removes mandatory continuing education requirements, peer review procedures, and geographical restrictions for collaborating physicians.
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Eliminates the requirement that applicants possess a postsecondary educational degree and removes the mandate for additional births beyond Certified Professional Midwife credentialing standards.
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Reduces mandatory physician examinations of midwife clients from two visits (first and third trimester) to referrals only when health conditions require physician consultation.
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Preserves existing laws requiring midwives to refer patients to physicians for certain health conditions and maintain collaborative physician agreements.
Legislative Description
Midwife certification. Transfers the responsibility for certifying direct entry midwives from the medical licensing board to the midwifery committee (committee). Removes the requirements that the committee establish: (1) continuing education requirements; (2) peer review procedures; and (3) geographical requirements for collaborating physicians. Removes the requirements that a direct entry midwife applicant must have: (1) a postsecondary educational degree; and (2) additional births beyond the credentialing requirements for a Certified Professional Midwife. Removes the requirement that a physician examine a midwife's client twice during the client's pregnancy. (However, this bill does not change laws requiring a midwife to refer a patient
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Health & Provider Services
1/7/2015