Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
502 - BOARD OF COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Chapter 6-C - STANDARDS FOR VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN SECTION (VBAC)
Section 502-6-C-1 - Client Eligibility
Universal Citation: 02 ME Code Rules ยง 502-6-C-1
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
1. A Certified Professional Midwife or Certified Midwife may provide birth services in a home or a freestanding birth center for clients who have had a previous cesarean section only if all of the following conditions are met:
A. The due date of the client's current
pregnancy is at least 18 months after the client's prior cesarean
delivery;
B. The client has had no
more than one prior cesarean delivery; and
C. The client's single cesarean was through a
low transverse uterine incision and the client has had no additional uterine
incisions. Previous cervical procedures do not preclude a trial of labor after
cesarean (TOLAC) for vaginal birth after cesarean.
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