S0319A

	2015 -- S 0319 SUBSTITUTE A
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES

	Introduced By: Senators Miller, Goldin, Satchell, Nesselbush, and Sosnowski
	Date Introduced: February 12, 2015
	Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 23-13-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-13 entitled "Maternal
2	and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs" is hereby amended to
3	read as follows:
4	23-13-9. Licensing and regulation of midwives -- Penalty for violations. -- The state
5	director of health is authorized and directed to make rules for the regulation of the practice of
6	midwifery and for the licensing of midwives, including regulations which require the payment of
7	an initial application fee equal to that fee which is imposed upon applicants for licensure as nurse
8	practitioners and a renewal fee also equivalent to that for nurse practitioners. The rules regarding
9	the regulation of the practice of midwifery shall authorize a licensed nurse-midwife certified
10	nurse-midwife (CNM) or a licensed certified midwife (CM) to prescribe medications that might
11	be reasonably required by his or her patients; provided however, that a nurse- midwife licensed
12	certified nurse-midwife or a licensed certified midwife shall prescribe any of those medications as
13	authorized by a list prepared by the director of health. The provisions of this section relating to
14	prescription authority by nurse-midwives certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives shall
15	be overseen by the department of health as defined in the rules and regulations for licensing of
16	midwives (R23-13MID). No person not a licensed midwife or a physician, registered under the
17	provisions of chapter 37 of title 5, shall practice midwifery or shall make a practice of attending
18	women in childbirth for hire, or use the name or title of midwife. Any person who violates the
19	provisions of this section or who violates any of the rules of the department of health made in

1	pursuance of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned
2	not more than six (6) months, or both, and the director of health may revoke the license issued to
3	any person when, in the opinion of the director of health, that person is guilty of unprofessional
4	conduct.
5	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
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1	This act would authorize licensed Certified Nurse-Midwives and licensed Certified
2	Midwives as defined in the rules and regulations for licensing of Midwives, to prescribe
3	medications authorized by the department of health to his or her patient.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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