California Business and Professions Code

§ 2512.5

BPC § 2512.5 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 24

Statute text

A person is qualified for a license to practice midwifery when he or she satisfies one of the following requirements:

(a)(1) Successful completion of a three-year postsecondary midwifery education program accredited by an accrediting organization approved by the board. Upon successful completion of the education requirements of this article, the applicant shall successfully complete a comprehensive licensing examination adopted by the board which is equivalent, but not identical, to the examination given by the American College of Nurse Midwives. The examination for licensure as a midwife may be conducted by the Division of Licensing under a uniform examination system, and the division may contract with organizations to administer the examination in order to carry out this purpose. The Division of Licensing may, in its discretion, designate additional written examinations for midwifery licensure that the division determines are equivalent to the examination given by the American College of Nurse Midwives.

(2)The midwifery education program curriculum shall consist of not less than 84 semester units or 126 quarter units. The course of instruction shall be presented in semester or quarter units under the following formula:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 655, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2000.