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Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
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TITLE 54.1. Professions and Occupations |
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SUBTITLE III. Professions and Occupations Regulated By Boards Within the Department of Health Professions |
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CHAPTER 29. Medicine and Other Healing Arts |
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ARTICLE 4. Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts |
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SECTION 54.1-2957.7. Licensed midwife and practice of midwifery; definitions |
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"Midwife" means any person who provides primary maternity care by affirmative act or conduct prior to, during, and subsequent to childbirth, and who is not licensed as a doctor of medicine or osteopathy or certified nurse midwife. "Practicing midwifery" means providing primary maternity care that is consistent with a midwife's training, education, and experience to women and their newborns throughout the childbearing cycle, and identifying and referring women or their newborns who require medical care to an appropriate practitioner. |