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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-6C-21" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="6C" subtitle_name="Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless authorized to practice direct–entry midwifery, an individual may not represent to the public by title, description of service, method, procedure, or otherwise, that the individual is authorized to practice direct–entry midwifery in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A licensee may not advertise in a manner that is unreasonable, misleading, or fraudulent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless authorized to practice direct–entry midwifery under this subtitle, an individual may not use the abbreviation “LDEM” or use the designation “licensed direct–entry midwife”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Unless authorized to practice direct–entry midwifery under this subtitle or certified as a nurse midwife under this title, an individual may not use the designation “midwife”.</text>
  </level>
</section>
