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SS#2/SCS/SBs 1021 & 870 - This act creates a "Board of Professional Midwives" within the Division of Professional Registration. The board shall have the power to issue licenses and to suspend, revoke or deny the license of a professional midwife. The board shall develop practice guidelines regarding the practice of midwifery established by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), including the development of collaborative relationships with other healthcare practitioners who can provide care outside the scope of midwifery when necessary. A professional midwife is defined as one who is certified by NARM as a certified professional midwife providing for compensation those skills relevant to the care of women and infants before, during, and after birth. The practice of professional midwifery is defined as the science and art of examination, evaluation, assessment, counseling and treatment of women and infants by those methods commonly taught in any midwifery school, midwifery or [...]

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  • 05/16/2008 - S Formal Calendar S Bills for Third Reading--SS#2 for SCS for SBs 1021 & 870-Loudon
  • 05/15/2008 - S Formal Calendar S Bills for Third Reading--SS#2 for SCS for SBs 1021 & 870-Loudon
  • 05/14/2008 - S Formal Calendar S Bills for Third Reading--SS#2 for SCS for SBs 1021 & 870-Loudon
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Bill Summary
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SB1021 Bill Summary Perfected HTML05/09/2008
SB1021 Bill Summary Senate Committee Substitute HTML02/21/2008
SB1021 Bill Summary Introduced HTML01/24/2008

Bill Text
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SB1021 Bill Text Perfected PDF05/09/2008
SB1021 Bill Text Senate Committee Substitute PDF03/27/2008
SB1021 Bill Text Introduced PDF01/25/2008

Fiscal Notes
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SB1021 Fiscal Notes Senate Sub (Perfected) PDF05/12/2008
SB1021 Fiscal Notes Senate Sub (Perfected) HTML05/12/2008
SB1021 Fiscal Notes Senate Sub (Perfected) HTML05/09/2008
SB1021 Fiscal Notes Senate Sub (Perfected) PDF05/09/2008
SB1021 Fiscal Notes Senate Comm PDF03/31/2008
SB1021 Fiscal Notes Senate Comm HTML03/31/2008
SB1021 Fiscal Notes Introduced PDF02/06/2008
SB1021 Fiscal Notes Introduced HTML02/06/2008