Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-08-25
MIDwIvEs.
Extract From Resulations)

NGASract rTom heGulooong)
Section SPlsass Taks No3jea.
Extract From Medical Law Of
! Louisiana)
Be it further enacted, etc., Thsi
all persons beginning the psacties .os
Midwifery in this State after ths pas
sage of this Act shall sppea- befort
the Louisiana State Board of Msdi.
cal Examiners and submit 70 sucl
examination in midwifery ~ tn
Board shall require, and shall DAY
to said Board for such examinatisn
the sum Of $1,000. If such examina.
tion is satisfactory the Board slnll
issue a certificate. Fees and meth
DDS for the recordatien and renewal
Of certificate shall be % provided
ifor by Section 9 Of this Act. Thia
section does not apply to persons ct.
tending in "an emsrgency." ,wsman
in childbirth; such psrssns in the
sense Of this Act are not sconsidessd
as practicing midwifery a. = ppofss-
sion. (As amended by Act 81 Of
|191S.)
81. Each Local Registrar shall be
supplied with blank Birth Certifi-
Gates for distribution TO Midwives In
his District, and failure to obtain
such blanks win not excuse any Md
wife for negiecting to report .
birth.
81. For every birth attended b.
her the Midwife must file With tse
Local Registrar Of her Distsiet, ~itA.
in ten (10) days after such birth,
properly written certificate, siv-
ing the items Of informatiop indi-
Gated by the blank form prsvided
for the purpose.
Every question must be answered
if possible. When the required IN
formation cannot be obtained, "quss-
ton mark" ~ must be wEittsu n
place Of an answer.
So. Certificates must Be wsiessn
with good, black ink. Any Midwife
who cannot write must get soms ether
person to ill in the answer, msk;ns.
her cross in place Of . signssass.
Names must be distinctly wzittsa.
The Full Name" must include
family name as well - given names.
81. II q child dies almost immedi.l
ately after birth, or Il born dead
(stin born), two certificates ere re-
quired, one for the birth and one for
the death. A Midwife 10 not allowed
to give such . Death Certificate,
and when no physician has bssn in
attendance the Undertakes, or person
acting Is such, nnst report the scts
to the Local Registrar u the District,
as stipulated IN Artiels IS of thee
regulations. It 10 the duty Of tAs Mid
wife TO warn people against the law
by allowing infants 10 be buried with
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