2015 Code of Alabama
Title 34 - PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES.
Chapter 19 - MIDWIVES.
Section 34-19-8 - Practices which may be performed by licensees - Attendance, etc., in cases of abnormal childbirth; location of deliveries.
It shall be unlawful for any person holding a license as a nurse midwife to attend any cases except cases of normal childbirth, as defined in Section 34-19-2, or to perform manipulations of any kind. In all cases in which the child is not delivered spontaneously within a reasonable time, the nurse midwife shall notify a qualified physician immediately and make no effort to deliver the child except under the authorization and supervision of such physician.
All deliveries must be planned to take place in the hospital.
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