HB 2284 Summary

• Establishes licensing requirements for certified professional midwives (CPMs) under the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, requiring certification from the North American Registry of Midwives and documented experience including 75 prenatal exams, 50 supervised births (20 in home settings), and current CPR certification.

• Creates an Advisory Committee for Certified Professional Midwives with five members (four licensed midwives and one public member) to guide the board in administering midwifery regulations.

• Requires licensed CPMs to practice under written collaboration agreements with physicians holding obstetrical privileges, maintain $500,000 malpractice insurance, provide informed consent documents to clients, and comply with emergency transport arrangements.

• Prohibits CPMs from prescribing drugs, performing surgery, medical inductions, cesarean sections, using forceps or vacuum delivery, performing sonograms, or inducing abortion.

• Establishes disciplinary grounds and penalties for violations, requires 30 hours of continuing education every two years for license renewal, mandates record-keeping for seven years, and makes violations a Class A misdemeanor; repeals former midwifery provisions.