Sec. 20-86a. Definitions.

For the purposes of sections 20-86a to 20-86e, inclusive:

(1) “Nurse-midwifery” means the management of women's health care needs, focusing particularly on family planning and gynecological needs of women, pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period and the care of newborns, occurring within a health care team and in collaboration with qualified obstetrician-gynecologists.

(2) “Nurse-midwife” means a person who has demonstrated competence to practice nurse-midwifery through successful completion of an educational program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education and who is certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board, and is licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

(P.A. 83-441, S. 1, 10; P.A. 89-389, S. 7, 22; P.A. 06-195, S. 36; P.A. 16-66, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 89-389 redefined “nurse-midwife” in Subdiv. (1) to add the reference to license under this chapter; P.A. 06-195 redefined and expanded “nurse-midwifery” in Subdiv. (1) to include management of all women's health care needs in collaboration with, rather than directed by, qualified obstetrician-gynecologists; P.A. 16-66 amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “American College of Nurse-Midwives” with “Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education” and replacing “American College of Nurse-Midwives” with “American Midwifery Certification Board”.