California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 24 - Licensed Midwives

• Section 2505.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1280, Sec....
• Section 2506.
  As used in this article the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Board” means the Medical Board of California.(b) “Licensed midwife” means an individual to whom a license to...
• Section 2507.
  (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...
• Section 2508.
  (a) A licensed midwife shall disclose in oral and written form to a prospective client as part of a client care plan, and obtain informed consent...
• Section 2509.
  The board shall create and appoint a Midwifery Advisory Council consisting of licensees of the board in good standing, who need not be members of...
• Section 2510.
  If a client is transferred to a hospital, the licensed midwife shall provide records, including prenatal records, and speak with the receiving physician and surgeon...
• Section 2511.
  (a) No person, other than one who has been licensed to practice midwifery by the board, shall hold himself or herself out as a licensed midwife,...
• Section 2512.
  The board shall issue a license to practice midwifery to all applicants who meet the requirements of this article and who pay the fee required...
• Section 2512.5.
  A person is qualified for a license to practice midwifery when he or she satisfies one of the following requirements:(a) (1) Successful completion of a three-year postsecondary...
• Section 2513.
  (a) An approved midwifery education program shall offer the opportunity for students to obtain credit by examination for previous midwifery education and clinical experience. The applicant...
• Section 2514.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a bona fide student from engaging in the practice of midwifery in this state, as part...
• Section 2514.5.
  (a) Within 60 days following January 1, 1998, the board shall adopt regulations setting forth educational requirements. To develop these regulations, the board shall update the...
• Section 2515.
  The board shall approve specific educational programs intended to meet the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 2512.5 and Section 2514 for the course of...
• Section 2515.5.
  Each applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she has met the educational standards established by the board pursuant to...
• Section 2516.
  (a) Each licensed midwife who assists, or supervises a student midwife in assisting, in childbirth that occurs in an out-of-hospital setting shall annually report to the...
• Section 2516.5.
  (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...
• Section 2517.
  A person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor violation of Section 2052, prior to the effective date of this article, shall not be barred...
• Section 2518.
  (a) Licenses issued pursuant to this article shall be renewable every two years upon payment of the fee prescribed by Section 2520 and submission of documentation...
• Section 2519.
  The board may suspend, revoke, or place on probation the license of a midwife for any of the following:(a) Unprofessional conduct, which includes, but is not...
• Section 2520.
  (a) (1) The fee to be paid upon the filing of a license application shall be fixed by the board at not less than seventy-five dollars ($75)...
• Section 2521.
  Any person who violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1280, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
• Section 2522.
  (a) A person whose license has been voluntarily surrendered while under investigation or while charges are pending or whose license has been revoked or suspended or...
• Section 2523.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the board shall revoke the license of any person who has been required to register as a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018