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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84874</law_id><section_number>54.1-2957.11</section_number><catch_line>Requirements for disclosure</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="29">Medicine and Other Healing Arts</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person practicing as a licensed midwife shall provide disclosure of specific information in writing to any client to whom midwifery care is provided. Such disclosure shall include (i) a description of the midwife&#x2019;s qualifications, experience, and training; (ii) a written protocol for medical emergencies, including hospital transport, particular to each client; (iii) a description of the midwives&#x2019; model of care; (iv) a copy of the regulations governing the practice of midwifery; (v) a statement concerning the licensed midwife&#x2019;s malpractice or liability insurance coverage; (vi) a description of the right to file a complaint with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Medicine and the procedures for filing such complaint; and (vii) such other information as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Medicine determines is appropriate to allow the client to make an informed choice to select midwifery care.</p></section></text><history>2005, cc. 719, 917.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
