Alabama Administrative Code
Title 540 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 540-X-8 - ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Section 540-X-8-.24 - Functions And Activities Of Certified Nurse Midwives

(1) The certified nurse midwife is responsible and accountable for the continuous and comprehensive management of women's health care focusing on pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, care of the newborn, family planning and gynecological needs for which the certified nurse midwife is educationally prepared and for which competency is maintained, with physician collaboration as described in these rules. These services include but are not restricted to the following:

(2) A standard protocol approved by the Board of Nursing and State Board of Medical Examiners shall address permissible functions and activities specific to the practice of the certified nurse midwife.

(3) A certified nurse midwife may, after the successful completion of an organized program of study and supervised clinical practice, carry out functions beyond the nurse midwifery educational preparation provided the functions are approved by the Board of Nursing as being within the legal scope of practice for a certified nurse midwife. Such functions will be submitted to the Joint Committee for consideration for inclusion on the standard protocol.

(4) Requests for additional functions to be added to the protocol may be submitted to the Joint Committee for consideration.

(5) A certified nurse midwife may write admission orders for inpatients and subsequent orders in accordance with established protocols and institutional policies.