Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 23 - Licensed Midwives › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XLV-2303 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
					 Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings specified.
Applicant
- a person who has applied to
						the board for a license to engage in the practice of midwifery or for a permit
						as an apprentice midwife in the state of Louisiana.
Application
-a request directed to and
						received by the board, in a manner specified by the board, for a license or
						permit to practice midwifery in the state of Louisiana, together with all
						information, certificates, documents, and other materials required by the board
						to be submitted with such request.
Apprentice Midwife
-a ny person who is
						granted a permit to obtain the educational and clinical experience required to
						apply for a license.
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
						Medical Examiners.
Certified Nurse-Midwife
- a registered
						nurse who has been certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
Certified Professional Midwife
or
(CPM)
-an individual certified by the North American Registry
						of Midwives (NARM).
Department
- the Louisiana Department of
						Health and Hospitals.
Licensed Midwife Practitioner
-an
						individual who has completed all the requirements of
						R.S.
						37:3247, 3253, and 3255, has successfully
						completed the examination process, is certified as a midwife by the North
						American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and is licensed by the board.
Louisiana Advisory Committee on
						Midwifery
- Repealed.
Low Risk Patient
-an individual who is at
						low or normal risk of developing complications during pregnancy and childbirth
						as evidenced by the absence of any preexisting maternal disease or disease
						arising during pregnancy or such other conditions as the board may identify in
						rules.
Midwife
-an individual who gives care and
						advice to a woman during pregnancy, labor, and the postnatal period who is not
						a physician or a certified nurse midwife.
Midwifery Instructor
- a physician
						licensed to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana, certified
						nurse-midwife, or licensed midwife who has a formal training and supervisory
						relationship with an apprentice midwife.
Midwife Practitioners Act
or the
Act
-R.S. 37:3240-3259, as may from time to time be
						amended.
Physician
-an individual licensed to
						practice medicine in this state who is actively engaged in a clinical
						obstetrical practice and has hospital privileges in obstetrics in a hospital
						accredited by the Joint Commission.
Physician Evaluation and
						Examination
-physician evaluation and examination as provided in
						R.S.
						37:3244 to determine whether, at the time of
						such evaluation and examination, the individual is at low or normal risk of
						developing complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
Practice of Midwifery
-holding oneself
						out to the public as being engaged in the business of attending, assisting, or
						advising a woman during the various phases of the interconceptional and
						childbearing periods.
Supervision of a
						Physician
-Repealed.
Supervision of a
						Physician-Repealed. AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1270 and
						37:3241-3259.