                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSED MIDWIFE AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY; DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-2957.7)

&#8220;Midwife&#8221; means any person who provides primary maternity care by
affirmative act or conduct prior to, during, and subsequent to childbirth, and
who is not licensed as a doctor of medicine or osteopathy or certified nurse
midwife.
		&#8220;Practicing midwifery&#8221; means providing primary maternity care that
is consistent with a midwife&#8217;s training, education, and experience to
women and their newborns throughout the childbearing cycle, and identifying and
referring women or their newborns who require medical care to an appropriate
practitioner.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 719, 917.