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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-6C-13" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="6C" subtitle_name="Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to the education and training requirements under subsection (b) of this section, to qualify for a license, an applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 8–303 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be of good moral character;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Be a high school graduate or have completed equivalent education;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Be at least 21 years old;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Hold a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification issued by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Have completed in the past 2 years the American Academy of Pediatrics/American Heart Association Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall hold a current valid Certified Professional Midwife credential granted by NARM; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall have completed a midwifery education program that is accredited by MEAC or ACME;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall have completed the NARM Midwifery Bridge Certificate program; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the applicant was certified by NARM as a certified professional midwife on or before January 15, 2017, through a non–MEAC accredited program, but otherwise qualifies for licensure, shall provide:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Verification of completion of NARM–approved clinical requirements; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Evidence of completion, in the past 2 years, of an additional 50 hours of continuing education units approved by the Board and accredited by MEAC, the American College of Nurse Midwives, or the Accrediting Council for Continuing Medical Education, including:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>14 hours of obstetric emergency skills training such as a birth emergency skills training (BEST) or an advanced life saving in obstetrics (ALSO) course; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>The remaining 36 hours divided among and including hours in the areas of pharmacology, lab interpretation of pregnancy, antepartum complications, intrapartum complications, postpartum complications, and neonatal care.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
