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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 09C - Certified Professional Midwives
Section 36-9C-14 - Actions excluded from practice of certified professional midwife.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 36-9C-14 (2021)
36-9C-14. Actions excluded from practice of certified professional midwife.
For the purposes of this chapter, the practice of a certified professional midwife does not include:
(1)The use of any surgical instrument at a childbirth, except as necessary to sever the umbilical cord or repair a first or second degree perineal laceration;
(2)Prescribing prescription medications including controlled drugs, except as permitted pursuant to subdivision 36-9C-13(7);
(3)The assisting of childbirth by artificial or mechanical means including forceps, vacuum delivery, or cesarean delivery; or
(4)Performing or assisting in an abortion.
Source: SL 2017, ch 172, ยง14.
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