Write your Council representatives or the Council office with your ideas to improve the practice of midwifery or attend a scheduled meeting and speak in person to the Council. The priority of both the Department of Health, Council of Licensed Midwifery and you as licensed midwives is to protect the health and welfare of mothers and infants. All Licensees Please note the Council of Licensed Midwifery's mailing address for the mail service center. Written requests for verification of midwifery licensure, in conjunction with endorsement to another state, are made to Client Services. The verification form is part of the application for endorsement from the gaining state.
Processing requires a minimum of thirty days from the date of receipt of the fee for completion.
However, obtaining a Social Security Number when filling out the birth certificate is more convenient and the parents may need to have the Social Security Number for tax reasons, opening a bank account, buying savings bonds, or applying for some kinds of government services for the child. If the parents do not ask for a number when the baby is born they may get one later by contacting the nearest Social Security office. Birth Certificates Never allow your mothers to sign a blank birth certificate. If a mother is not married at the time of the birth, the father can only be listed on the birth certificate if the father acknowledges paternity on the birth certificate or through a court order. By acknowledging paternity both mother and father are attesting to the fact that the father is the biological father of the child.