California Business and Professions Code

§ 2507

BPC § 2507 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 24

Statute text

(a)The license to practice midwifery authorizes the holder to attend cases of normal pregnancy and childbirth, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), and to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including family-planning care, for the mother, and immediate care for the newborn.

(b)As used in this article, the practice of midwifery constitutes the furthering or undertaking by any licensed midwife to assist a woman in childbirth as long as progress meets criteria accepted as normal.

(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), a licensed midwife shall only assist a woman in normal pregnancy and childbirth, which is defined as meeting all of the following conditions:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 3. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.