Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-834 - Midwives › Section 246-834-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply throughout this chapter
				  unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Active practice" means 20 hours per
				month in prenatal and postpartum clinical care, or minimum of six births
				annually as the primary midwife;
(2) "Administer" means to dispense, apply,
				and manage drugs, medical devices, and implants;
(3) "Department" means the Washington state
				department of health;
(4) "Directly
				assisted" means the act where a student midwife is learning the skills of a
				midwife through hands-on clinical experience in gradually increasing degrees of
				responsibility while under supervision of a licensed midwife or other obstetric
				provider;
(5) "Lactation care and
				services" means evaluation, problem identification, treatment, education, and
				consultation regarding lactation and chest feeding to gestational parents and
				neonates;
(6) "Nursing education"
				means completion of courses for credit in a school that is approved to train
				persons for licensure as registered nurses or licensed practical nurses, or
				courses in other formal training programs which include instruction in basic
				nursing skills, excluding nursing assistant training;
(7) "Postpartum" means the 12-month period
				beginning on the last day of the pregnancy.
(8) "Practical midwifery experience" means
				performance of tasks within the midwifery scope of practice, that is verified
				by affidavit, testimony or other sworn written documentation that verifies that
				the experience and its documentation is equivalent to that required of students
				enrolled in an accepted midwifery education program;
(9) "Preceptor" means a licensed midwife or
				other obstetric practitioner licensed by their state or jurisdiction to provide
				maternity care who assumes responsibility for supervising the practical
				(clinical obstetric) experience of a student midwife;
(10) "Primary attendant" means a student
				midwife who acts as primary midwife making intrapartum clinical decisions while
				under supervision of a licensed midwife or other obstetric provider;
(11) "Secretary" means the secretary of the
				Washington state department of health;
(12) "Supervision" means the observation and
				evaluation of a student midwife's practical performance. A supervisor must be
				physically present on-site and available to intervene when a student midwife
				performs any clinical care task at births and prenatal and postpartum care
				exams.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 18.50.135 and
					 18.50.045. 92-02-018 (Order 224),
					 § 246-834-010, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-834-010, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 18.50.135. 85-23-044 (Order PL 566 ), §
					 308-115-050, filed 11/18/85; 82-19-079 (Order PL 406 ), § 308-115-050,
					 filed 9/21/82.