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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-6C-04" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="6C" subtitle_name="Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A licensed direct–entry midwife shall consult with a health care practitioner, and document the consultation, the recommendations of the consultation, and the discussion of the consultation with the client, if any of the following conditions are present during the course of care:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Significant mental disease, including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other conditions that impair the ability of the patient to participate effectively in the patient’s care or that require the use of psychotropic drugs to control the condition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Second or third trimester bleeding;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Intermittent use of alcohol into the second trimester;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Asthma;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Diet–controlled gestational diabetes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>History of genetic problems, intrauterine death after 20 weeks’ gestation, or stillbirth;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Abnormal pap smear;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Possible ectopic pregnancy;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Tuberculosis;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Controlled hypothyroidism, being treated with thyroid replacement and euthyroid, and with thyroid test numbers in the normal range;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Rh sensitization with positive antibody titer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Breech presentation between 35 and 38 weeks;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Transverse lie or other abnormal presentation between 35 and 38 weeks;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Premature rupture of membranes at 37 weeks or less;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>Small for gestational age or large for gestational age fetus;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>Polyhydramnios or oligohydramnios;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>Previous LEEP procedure or cone biopsy;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>Previous obstetrical problems, including uterine abnormalities, placental abruption, placenta accreta, obstetric hemorrhage, incompetent cervix, or preterm delivery for any reason;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="19">
      <text>Postterm maturity (41 0/7 to 6/7 weeks gestational age);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="20">
      <text>Inflammatory bowel disease, in remission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="21">
      <text>Active genital herpes lesions during pregnancy except as required by § 8–6C–03(29) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="22">
      <text>Prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5 or 35 or more; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="23">
      <text>Significant fetal congenital anomaly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a licensed direct–entry midwife shall arrange immediate emergency transfer to a hospital if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The patient requests transfer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The patient or newborn is determined to have any of the following conditions during labor, delivery, or the immediate postpartum period:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Unforeseen noncephalic presentation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Unforeseen multiple gestation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Nonreassuring fetal heart rate or pattern, including tachycardia, bradycardia, significant change in baseline, and persistent late or severe variable decelerations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Prolapsed cord;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Unresolved maternal hemorrhage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Retained placenta;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Signs of fetal or maternal infection;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Patient with a third– or fourth–degree laceration or a laceration beyond the licensed direct–entry midwife’s ability to repair;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Apgar of less than seven at 5 minutes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>Significant congenital anomalies that directly affect delivery or immediate postpartum care or require immediate emergency care, as determined by the Board in regulations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>Need for chest compressions during neonatal resuscitation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>Newborn with persistent central cyanosis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>Newborn with persistent grunting and retractions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>Newborn with abnormal vital signs;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xv">
        <text>Gross or thick meconium staining, when discovered; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvi">
        <text>Newborn with excessive dehydration due to inability to feed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If transfer is not possible because of imminent delivery, the licensed direct–entry midwife shall consult with a health care provider for guidance on further management of the patient and to determine when transfer may be safely arranged, if required.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed direct–entry midwife shall immediately transfer the care of a patient to a health care provider for the treatment of any significant postpartum morbidity, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Uncontrolled postpartum hemorrhage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Preeclampsia;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Thrombo–embolism;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>An infection; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A postpartum mental health disorder.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensed direct–entry midwife who is required to transfer care of a patient under paragraph (1) of this subsection may continue other aspects of postpartum care in consultation with the treating health care practitioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
