TRENDS IN STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING NURSE-MIDWIVES - 1995-1997

Authors
REED A
Citation
A. Reed, TRENDS IN STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING NURSE-MIDWIVES - 1995-1997, Journal of nurse-midwifery, 42(5), 1997, pp. 421-426
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing
Journal title
Journal of nurse-midwifery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00912182
Volume
42
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
421 - 426
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-2182(1997)42:5<421:TISLAR>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
This article provides an overview of trends and changes to state laws and regulations governing the practice of nurse-midwifery in the Unite d States from 1995 to 1997. It includes tables documenting state requi rements related to education, certification, Medicaid and third-party reimbursement, prescriptive, authority, graduate practice, birth cente rs, regulatory oversight and postpartum discharge. (C) 1997 by the Ame rican College of Nurse-Midwives.