2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 23 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 23-13 - Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
§ 23-13-9 - Licensing and regulation of midwives – Penalty for violations.

SECTION 23-13-9

   § 23-13-9  Licensing and regulation of midwives – Penalty for violations. – The state director of health is authorized and directed to make rules for the regulation of the practice of midwifery and for the licensing of midwives, including regulations which require the payment of an initial application fee equal to that fee which is imposed upon applicants for licensure as nurse practitioners and a renewal fee also equivalent to that for nurse practitioners. The rules regarding the regulation of the practice of midwifery shall authorize a licensed nurse-midwife to prescribe medications that might be reasonably required by his or her patients; provided however, that a nurse-midwife shall prescribe any of those medications as authorized by a list prepared by the director of health. The provisions of this section relating to prescription by nurse-midwives shall be overseen by the department of health. No person not a licensed midwife or a physician, registered under the provisions of chapter 37 of title 5, shall practice midwifery or shall make a practice of attending women in childbirth for hire, or use the name or title of midwife. Any person who violates the provisions of this section or who violates any of the rules of the department of health made in pursuance of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both, and the director of health may revoke the license issued to any person when, in the opinion of the director of health, that person is guilty of unprofessional conduct.