N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-2A.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:35-2A.5 - Independent practice

(a) Certified nurse midwife and certified midwife practice shall include the provision of maternity care and well woman care within a health care system which provides for consultation, referral and collaboration, and:

1. For licensees without prescriptive authority, administering or dispensing those medications listed in the clinical guidelines; or

2. For licensees with prescriptive authority pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:35-2A.14, prescribing, ordering, administering or dispensing medications.

(b) Certified nurse midwives and certified midwives shall conduct their practice pursuant to standards set forth by the ACNM in Standards for the Practice of Midwifery 2003, as amended and supplemented, available from the American College of Nurse-Midwives, 8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910, which is incorporated herein by reference as part of this rule.

(c) Certified professional midwife practice shall include the provision of maternity care within a health care system which provides for consultation, referral and collaboration with a licensed physician and the administration or dispensing of those medications listed in the clinical guidelines.

(d) Certified professional midwives shall conduct their practice pursuant to standards set forth in the Midwives Alliance of North America Core Competencies (2014), available from the Midwives Alliance of North America, PO Box 373, Montvale, NJ 07645, which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, as part of this rule.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-2A.5

Amended by 51 N.J.R. 878(a), effective 6/3/2019