TITLE 23
Health and Safety
CHAPTER 23-13
Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care
Needs
SECTION 23-13-9
§ 23-13-9 Licensing and regulation of
midwives Penalty for violations.
The state director of health is authorized and directed to make rules for the
regulation of the practice of midwifery and for the licensing of midwives,
including regulations that require the payment of an initial application fee
equal to that fee that is imposed upon applicants for licensure as nurse
practitioners and a renewal fee also equivalent to that for nurse
practitioners. The rules regarding the regulation of the practice of midwifery
shall authorize a licensed, certified nurse-midwife (CNM) or a licensed,
certified midwife (CM) to prescribe medications that might be reasonably
required by his or her patients; provided however, that a licensed, certified
nurse-midwife (CNM) or a licensed, certified midwife (CM) shall prescribe any
of those medications as authorized by the director of health. The provisions of
this section relating to prescription authority by certified nurse-midwives and
certified midwives shall be overseen by the department of health as defined in
the department's rules and regulations for licensing of midwives (R23-13MID).
No person not a licensed midwife or a physician, registered under the
provisions of chapter 37 of title 5, shall practice midwifery, or shall make a
practice of attending women in childbirth for hire, or use the name or title of
midwife. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, or who
violates any of the rules of the department of health made in pursuance of this
section, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned
not more than six (6) months, or both, and the director of health may revoke
the license issued to any person when, in the opinion of the director of
health, that person is guilty of unprofessional conduct.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1909, ch. 115, § 16; P.L. 1918, ch. 1634, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch.
153, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 13; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660,
§ 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-13-9; P.L. 1988, ch. 554, § 1; P.L. 1997,
ch. 30, art. 28, § 7; P.L. 1999, ch. 89, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 159,
§ 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 181, § 1.)
