# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 27 — Board of Nursing

### Chapter 05 — Practice of Nurse Midwifery

#### Regulation .11 Prescribing of Substances by a Certified Nurse Midwife.

*COMAR 10.27.05.11*

Pursuant to Health Occupations Article, §8-601, Annotated Code of Maryland, a certified nurse midwife may prescribe:

A. Substances commonly used in the practice of nurse midwifery; and

B. Controlled substances on Schedules II-V under Criminal Law Article, §§5-403 — 5-406, Annotated Code of Maryland, commonly used in the practice of nurse midwifery; and

C. Dispense substances prescribed in accordance with §§A and B of this regulation in the course of treating a client at a:

  (1) Nonprofit medical facility or clinic;

  (2) Health center operating on the campus of an institution of higher learning;

  (3) Public health facility;

  (4) Medical facility under contract with a State or local health department; or

  (5) Facility funded with public funds.