New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Mid - Midwifery Council
Chapter Mid 500 - SCOPE OF MIDWIFERY PRACTICE
Part Mid 503 - MIDWIFERY CARE WHEN PREVIOUS BIRTH WAS BY CESAREAN SECTION
Section Mid 503.02 - Eligibility for Midwifery Care
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
A midwife shall accept as a client a woman who has had a previous birth by cesarean section only if:
(a) The potential client has had only one previous cesarean section;
(b) The midwife can confirm through a review of the records of the previous delivery by cesarean section that the section was performed through a low transverse uterine segment incision;
(c) The potential client has had no other uterine surgeries;
(d) At least 18 months' time separates the date of the potential client's previous cesarean section and the due date of the current pregnancy;
(e) An obstetric ultrasound documents that the placenta is not in a low-lying anterior position;
(f) The potential client plans to give birth in a location no more than 20 minutes' drive from a hospital with obstetrical and anesthesia services on call 24 hours a day;
(g) The midwife:
(h) The midwife provides the potential client with the information required by Mid 503.04; and
(i) The midwife obtains the potential client's signature and date of signing on the informed consent form specified in Mid 503.05.
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