Mississippi Senate Bill 2783 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 73-15-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "practice Of Midwifery" And "certified Nurse Midwife" For The Purposes Of The Nursing Practice Law; To Remove The Rollback To Former Law Provision Of This Section; To Create New Section 73-15-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Nursing Shall Regulate The Practice Of Midwifery; To Provide That The Practice Of Midwifery Shall Only Be Conducted By Certified Nurse Midwives; To Provide That Any Person Who Is Not A Certified Nurse Midwife Who Engages In The Practice Of Midwifery Shall Be Subject To Criminal Penalties And Injunctive Relief; To Amend Section 73-25-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove From The Definition Of The Practice Of Medicine The Exception For Females Engaged Solely In The Practice Of Midwifery; And For Related Purposes.

Certified nurse midwife; define for licensure under Nurse Practice Act.

Sen. Bob Dearing [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-18		Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2783.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2783IN.htm