As used in Shepherd’s Law:

1. 1. “Certified Nurse-Midwife” or “nurse-midwife” shall have the same meaning as provided by Section 567.3a of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. 2. “Commissioner” means the State Commissioner of Health;
3. 3. “Committee” means the Advisory Committee on Midwifery;
4. 4. “Department” means the State Department of Health;
5. 5. “Licensed midwife” means a person who practices midwifery and is licensed under this act;

6. 6. “Midwifery” means the practice of:

   1. a. providing the necessary supervision, care and advice to a woman during normal pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period,
   2. b. conducting a normal delivery of a child,
   3. c. providing normal newborn care, and
   4. d. providing routine well-woman care and screenings;
7. 7. “Newborn” means an infant from birth through the first six weeks of life;
8. 8. “Normal” means, as applied to pregnancy, labor, delivery, the postpartum period and the newborn period, and as defined by rules of the State Commissioner of Health, circumstances under which a midwife has determined that a client does not have a condition that requires medical intervention;
9. 9. “Postpartum period” means the first six weeks after a woman has given birth; and
10. 10. “Unlicensed midwife” means a person who offers midwifery services or holds himself or herself out to be a midwife who is not licensed under this act.

Laws 2020, SB 1823, c. 40, § 2, eff. November 1, 2020.