La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-5337

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 5, May 20, 2024

Section XLV-5337 - Operative Procedures [Formerly Section 5331]

A. The licensed midwife practitioner will not perform, routinely, an operative procedure other than artificial rupture of membranes when the head is well engaged or at zero station, clamping and cutting the umbilical cord, repair of first or second degree perineal lacerations, or repair of episiotomy, if done.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-5337

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 12:519 (August 1986), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 17:779 (August 1991), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 421293 (8/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270 and 37:3241-3259.