Section 12.14.560. Permitted practices.

	(a)  The following practices may be performed by a certified direct-entry midwife who provides documentation acceptable to the board of having acquired the training and skills necessary to safely perform them:  
		(1) catheterization of the urinary bladder;  
		(2) administration of medications as specified in 12 AAC 14.570;  
		(3) clamping and cutting the umbilical cord;  
		(4) artificial rupture of the amniotic membranes if the fetal head is engaged and the client is at least five centimeters dilation;  
		(5) venipuncture;  
		(6) capillary blood sampling;  
		(7) suturing;  
		(8) emergency measures as specified in 12 AAC 14.600;  
		(9) intravenous therapy; and  
		(10) an episiotomy.  
	(b)  The board will notify the certified direct-entry midwife that documentation submitted under this section is acceptable to the board of competence in these practices. A certified direct-entry midwife may not perform the practices set out in (a) of this section until notification of acceptance has been provided by the board.  

Authorities

08.65.030

Notes

Reference

12 AAC 14.570
12 AAC 14.600

Authority

AS 08.65.030

History

Eff. 5/11/94, Register 130; am 5/2/2004, Register 170; am 9/9/2016, Register 219