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 14.540 - Records and Reports

(a) A certified direct-entry midwife shall maintain records of each client on standard obstetric forms.

(b) A certified direct-entry midwife shall maintain records of the recommended medical visit, all prenatal visits, the charting of labor and delivery, the summary of birth, and the charting of the newborn examination and postpartum visits.

(c) A certified direct-entry midwife shall maintain birth records of an infant until at least two years after the infant has reached the age of 19 years. Prenatal and infant records must be maintained for at least seven years from the date of the birth.

(d) A certified direct-entry midwife shall provide copies of pertinent records to medical personnel when the client or infant is referred for medical care or transported for emergency care.

(e) All records maintained by the certified direct-entry midwife are subject to review by the board.

(f) Not later than 14 days after the delivery or transfer of care of a client for whom a certified direct-entry midwife had primary responsibility, the certified direct-entry midwife shall report to the board on a form provided by the department if that client died.