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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 20-86a. Definitions.

      Sec. 20-86a. Definitions. For the purposes of sections 20-86a to 20-86e, inclusive:

      (1) "Nurse-midwifery" means the management of care of essentially normal newborns and women, antepartally, intrapartally, postpartally and gynecologically, occurring within a health care team, directed by a qualified obstetrician-gynecologist.

      (2) "Nurse-midwife" means a person who has demonstrated competence to practice nurse-midwifery through successful completion of an educational program accredited by the American College of Nurse-Midwives and who is certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and is licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

      (P.A. 83-441, S. 1, 10; P.A. 89-389, S. 7, 22.)

      History: P.A. 89-389 redefined "nurse-midwife" to add the reference to license under this chapter.

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