- (1) Providers in this program are limited to persons who are licensed as "Registered Nurse" and who are also licensed as "Certified Nurse Midwife."
- (2) Nurse Midwifery practice is defined as the management of care for normal healthy women and their babies in the areas of prenatal; labor and delivery; postpartum care; well-woman gynecology, including family planning services; and normal newborn care.
- (3) The practice of Nurse Midwifery must be done under appropriate physician supervision.
- (4) The services provided by nurse midwives must be within the scope of practice authorized by state law and regulations.
Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §§440.165, and 441.21. Code of Ala. 1975, §§34-19-2, et seq.
History: Rule effective October 1, 1982. Emergency amendment June 14, 1993. Amended August 12, 1993. Amended: Filed February 7,1994; effective March 15, 1994.