Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 18.9 - Notification of changes in collaboration(a) A nurse-midwife licensed to practice midwifery who is unable to maintain a collaborative agreement and cannot arrange interim coverage shall cease practicing until a collaborative agreement is in place.(b) A nurse-midwife shall notify the Board, in writing, of a change in or termination of a collaborative agreement or a change in mailing address within 30 days. The nurse-midwife shall provide the Board with the nurse-midwife's new address of residence, address of employment and any change of collaborating physician. A change in medical staff of a medical practice identified in the collaborative agreement is not a change in the collaborating agreement, so long as the named collaborating physician continues to collaborate with the nurse-midwife under the collaborative agreement.(c) Failure of a nurse-midwife to notify the Board within 30 days of changes in, or a termination in the collaborating physician/nurse-midwife relationship is a basis for disciplinary action against the nurse-midwife's license.(d) A nurse-midwife with prescriptive authority who cannot continue to fulfill the requirements for prescriptive authority shall cease to prescribe and shall so notify the Board in writing within 30 days.The provisions of this § 18.9 adopted April 3, 2009, effective 4/4/2009, 39 Pa.B. 1625.The provisions of this § 18.9 adopted under sections 12 and 35 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P. S. §§ 422.12 and 422.35).