Haw. Rev. Stat. § 457J-1

Current through Chapter 253 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 457J-1 - Findings and purpose

The legislature finds that:

(1) Midwives offer maternity and newborn care from the antepartum period through the intrapartum period to the postpartum period;

(2) The improper practice of midwifery poses a significant risk of harm to the mother or newborn, and may result in death; and

(3) The regulation of the practice of midwifery is reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of mothers and their newborns.

HRS § 457J-1

Added by L 2019, c 32,§ 2, eff. 5/1/2019.