# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 8. Nurses

### Subtitle 6. Special Nurse Midwife Provisions

#### Section 8-601

In this subtitle:

(1) "Practice nurse midwifery" means the management and care of essentially normal newborns and of essentially normal women antepartally, intrapartally and postpartally.

(2) "Practice nurse midwifery" includes:

  (i) Family planning and well woman reproductive care;

  (ii) The prescribing of substances commonly used in the practice of nurse midwifery;

  (iii) The prescribing of controlled substances on Schedules II, III, IV, and V commonly used in the practice of nurse midwifery; and

  (iv) The dispensing of the substances prescribed in accordance with the provisions of items (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph in the course of treating a patient:

    (1) At a medical facility or clinic that is operated on a nonprofit basis;

    (2) At a health center that operates on a campus of an institution of higher education;

    (3) At a public health facility, a medical facility under contract with a State or local health department, or a facility funded with public funds; or

    (4) With a starter dosage of a drug as authorized under Sec. 8-508 of this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)