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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-6D-02" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="6D" subtitle_name="Licensed Certified Midwives">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice certified midwifery in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An individual who assists at a birth in an emergency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual who is licensed as a health care practitioner whose scope of practice allows the individual to practice certified midwifery;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A student who is practicing certified midwifery while engaged in an approved clinical midwifery education experience under the supervision of a licensed certified midwife or a licensed nurse certified as a nurse–midwife; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An individual who has graduated from a graduate level accredited program for midwifery education approved by ACME, and who is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Practicing certified midwifery under the supervision of a licensed certified midwife or a licensed nurse certified as a nurse–midwife; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Meets any other requirements set by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
