Alabama Administrative Code
Title 560 - ALABAMA MEDICAID AGENCY
Chapter 560-X-21 - NURSE MIDWIFE PROGRAM
Section 560-X-21-.02 - General

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 560-X-21-.02

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024

(1) Providers in this program are limited to persons who are licensed as "Registered Nurse" and who are also licensed as "Certified Nurse Midwife."

(2) Nurse Midwifery practice is defined as the management of care for normal healthy women and their babies in the areas of prenatal; labor and delivery; postpartum care; well-woman gynecology, including family planning services; and normal newborn care.

(3) The practice of Nurse Midwifery must be done under appropriate physician supervision.

(4) The services provided by nurse midwives must be within the scope of practice authorized by state law and regulations.

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Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §§440.165, and 441.21. Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-19-2, et seq.

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