Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 14 - Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives
Article 5 - Duties and Responsibilities
12 AAC 14.530 - Prohibited practice

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 14.530

Current through February 24, 2025

A certified direct-entry midwife may not

(1) administer prescription pharmacological agents intended to induce or augment labor;

(2) administer prescription pharmacological agents to provide pain management;

(3) use vacuum extractors or forceps;

(4) prescribe medications;

(5) provide out-of-hospital delivery services to a woman who has had a vertical incision cesarean section;

(6) perform surgical procedures, except episiotomy, including cesarean sections, abortions, and circumcisions; or

(7) knowingly accept responsibility for prenatal or intrapartum care of a client with any of the following diagnosed risk factors:

(A) chronic and significant maternal cardiac, pulmonary, renal, or hepatic disease;

(B) malignant disease in an active phase;

(C) significant hematological disorders or coagulopathies, or pulmonary embolism;

(D) insulin-requiring diabetes mellitus;

(E) known maternal congenital abnormalities affecting childbirth;

(F) confirmed isoimmunization, Rh disease with positive titer;

(G) active tuberculosis;

(H) active syphilis or gonorrhea;

(I) active genital herpes infection two weeks prior to labor or in labor;

(J) pelvic or uterine abnormalities affecting normal vaginal births, including tumors and malformations;

(K) untreated alcoholism or alcohol abuse;

(L) untreated drug addiction or substance abuse;

(M) confirmed AIDS status;

(N) uncontrolled current serious psychiatric illness; or

(O) social or familial conditions unsatisfactory for out-of-hospital maternity care services.

Authority:AS 08.65.030

AS 08.65.140

AS 08.65.190

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