- A. Unless authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery, an individual may not represent to the public by title, description of service, method, procedure, or otherwise, that the individual is authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery in the State.
- B. A licensee may not advertise in a manner that is unreasonable, misleading, or fraudulent.
- C. Unless authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery, an individual may not use the abbreviation “LDEM” or use the designation “licensed direct-entry midwife”.
- D. Unless authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery or certified as a registered nurse midwife under Health Occupations Article, Title 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, an individual may not use the designation “midwife”.
Authority: Health-General Article, §§8-205 and Title 8, Subtitle 6C, Annotated Code of Maryland;
Ch. 383, Acts of 2015
Effective date: December 19, 2016 (43:25 Md. R. 1385)
Regulation .15B amended as an emergency provision effective July 11, 2023 (50:15 Md. R. 680); adopted permanently effective October 16, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 887)