Bill Text: NC S107 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Decriminalize Direct Entry Midwifery

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-13 - Re-ref Com On Health Care [S107 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-S107-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

S                                                                                                                                                    2

SENATE BILL 107

Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 5/9/13

 

Short Title:        Decriminalize Direct Entry Midwifery.		(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

February 20, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT allowing certified professional midwives to provide Certain midwifery services without being subject to criminal penalty.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:

"Article 10B.

"Practice of Midwifery by Certified Professional Midwives.

"§ 90‑178.10.  Practice of midwifery by certified professional midwife.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who is certified as a Certified Professional Midwife by the North American Registry of Midwives may provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care as defined in G.S. 90‑178.2, in accordance with the Standards for Practice of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2014.