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 6 - Emergency Measures
12 AAC 14.610 - Emergency transport plan

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 14.610

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) A certified direct-entry midwife shall present a copy of the midwife's emergency transport plan to each client before the onset of labor.

(b) The emergency transport plan must be signed by the client and include

(1) written permission to release the client's records to a physician in an emergency; and

(2) a statement that costs will be incurred for emergency transportation and an agreement as to who is responsible for the costs.

(c) The certified direct-entry midwife shall include the signed emergency transport plan in the client's records.

Effective 9/9/2016, Register 219, the Board of Certified Direct Entry Midwives readopted 12 AAC 14.610, without change, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in secs. 4 and 5, ch. 99 SLA 2014 Sections 4 and 5, ch. 99, SLA 2014 repealed former AS 08.65.140(e) and (f), provisions regarding actions during verifiable emergencies, but retained language in the definition of "practice of midwifery" in AS 08.65.190 that allows the execution of emergency measures in the absence of medical assistance, as specified in regulations adopted by the board.

Authority:AS 08.65.030

AS 08.65.190

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