| Last Action | posted in committee |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to midwifery and making an appropriation therefor. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 389 |
| Sponsors | R. Webber, A. Scott, J. Wayne |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish licensing for midwifery; establish terms and create definitions; establish the Kentucky Board of Midwifery, create membership, set terms, and grant authority and duties; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish the scope of practice for a licensed midwife; require informed consent for practice and require disclosures; allow the board to reprimand, deny, limit, revoke, probate, or suspend licenses; establish in the State Treasury the Kentucky Board of Midwifery trust and agency fund; amend KRS 211.180 to remove midwifery from the purview of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 311.550 to amend the definition of medicine and osteopathy to remove a reference to the Cabinet's oversight of midwifery; declare that this Act is intended to be consistent with the United States Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association statement on licensure, July 2015; APPROPRIATION. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Board of Midwifery, promulgation of Appropriations - Midwifery, board of Governor - Board of Midwifery, appointment of members of Health and Medical Services - Midwifery, licensing, board, and regulations for Licensing - Midwifery, licensing, board, and regulations for Occupations and Professions - Midwifery, licensing, board, and regulations for Physicians and Practitioners - Midwifery, licensing, board, and regulations for Women - Midwifery, licensing, board, and regulations for Boards and Commissions - Midwifery, establish board of Background Checks - Midwife, required checks for licensing of |
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