California Business and Professions Code

§ 2516.5

BPC § 2516.5 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 24

Statute text

(a)As used in this section, the following definitions apply:

(1)“Midwife assistant” means a person, who may be unlicensed, who performs basic administrative, clerical, and midwife technical supportive services in accordance with this chapter for a licensed midwife or certified nurse-midwife, is at least 18 years of age, and has had at least the minimum amount of hours of appropriate training pursuant to standards established by the board for a medical assistant pursuant to Section 2069. The midwife assistant shall be issued a certificate by the training institution or instructor indicating satisfactory completion of the required training. Each employer of the midwife assistant or the midwife assistant shall retain a copy of the certificate as a record.

(2)“Midwife technical supportive services” means simple routine medical tasks and procedures that may be safely performed by a midwife assistant who has limited training and who functions under the supervision of a licensed midwife or certified nurse-midwife.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 280, Sec. 1. (SB 408) Effective January 1, 2016.