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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-6C-12" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="6C" subtitle_name="Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Review applications for licensure as a licensed direct–entry midwife and make recommendations to the Board regarding applicants;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Maintain a list of all licensed direct–entry midwives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Make recommendations to the Board regarding continuing education requirements for licensed direct–entry midwives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Review advertising by licensed direct–entry midwives and by institutions that offer a direct–entry midwife program and make recommendations to the Board, as necessary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Advise the Board on matters relating to the practice of direct–entry midwifery;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Collect the reports required to be submitted by each licensed direct–entry midwife under § 8–6C–10(a) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Make recommendations to the Board regarding regulations relating to the practice of direct–entry midwifery that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>At the request of the Board, investigate complaints against licensed direct–entry midwives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Keep a record of the Committee’s proceedings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, beginning November 1, 2016, and on each November 1 thereafter, submit a report to the Board, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A summary of the information included in reports submitted to the Committee by licensed direct–entry midwives under § 8–6C–10(a) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any other information identified by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Committee may not include any personally identifying information in the report submitted to the Board under subsection (a)(10) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Beginning December 1, 2016, and on each December 1 thereafter, the Board shall submit to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The report submitted to the Board under subsection (a)(10) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In consultation with the Committee, any recommendations regarding the continuation and improvement of the licensure of licensed direct–entry midwives in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any recommendations regarding expanding the scope of practice of licensed direct–entry midwives; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, regarding the scope of practice of licensed direct–entry midwives to include vaginal birth after cesarean.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
