1. (1) “Practice nurse midwifery” means the management and care of essentially normal newborns and of essentially normal women antepartally, intrapartally and postpartally.

2. (2) “Practice nurse midwifery” includes:

   1. (i) Family planning and well woman reproductive care;
   2. (ii) The prescribing of substances commonly used in the practice of nurse midwifery;
   3. (iii) The prescribing of controlled substances on Schedules II, III, IV, and V commonly used in the practice of nurse midwifery; and

   4. (iv) The dispensing of the substances prescribed in accordance with the provisions of items (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph in the course of treating a patient:

      1. 1. At a medical facility or clinic that is operated on a nonprofit basis;
      2. 2. At a health center that operates on a campus of an institution of higher education;
      3. 3. At a public health facility, a medical facility under contract with a State or local health department, or a facility funded with public funds; or
      4. 4. With a starter dosage of a drug as authorized under § 8-508 of this title.

In this subtitle:

Added as Health Occupations § 7-601 by Acts 1981, c. 614, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981. Renumbered as Health Occupations § 8-601 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 352, § 1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 2003, c. 252, § 10, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2017, c. 515, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 516, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, c. 367, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 368, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.