Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 18.3 - Biennial registration requirements(a) A nurse-midwife license shall be registered biennially. The procedure for the biennial registration of a nurse-midwife license is in § 16.15 (relating to biennial registration; inactive status and unregistered status).(b) As a condition of biennial license renewal, a nurse-midwife shall complete the continuing education requirement in section 12.1 of the Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. § 222), including at least 2 hours of approved continuing education in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with § 16.108(b) (relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training requirement). In the case of a nurse-midwife who has prescriptive authority under the act, the continuing education required by the Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §§ 211-225.5) must include at least 16 hours in pharmacology completed each biennium.(c) The fees for the biennial renewal of a nurse-midwife license and prescriptive authority are set forth in § 16.13 (relating to licensure, certification, examination and registration fees).The provisions of this § 18.3 adopted January 2, 1987, effective immediately and applies retroactively to December 31, 1986, 17 Pa.B. 24; amended May 19, 1989, effective 5/20/1989, 19 Pa.B. 2161; amended April 3, 2009, effective 4/4/2009, 39 Pa.B. 1625; amended March 25, 2022, effective 3/26/2022, 52 Pa.B. 1899.The provisions of this § 18.3 amended under section 2 of the act of April 4, 1929 (P. L. 160, No. 155) (63 P.S. § 172); sections 8, 12 and 35(a) of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. §§ 422.8, 422.12 and 422.35(a)); and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).