# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 64 — Board of Nursing — Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives

### Chapter 01 — Practice of Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives

#### Regulation .08 License Required and Exceptions.

*COMAR 10.64.01.08*

A. An individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice direct-entry midwifery in the State.

B. This regulation does not apply to:

  (1) An individual who assists at a birth in an emergency;

  (2) An individual who is licensed as a health care practitioner whose scope of practice allows the individual to practice direct-entry midwifery; or

  (3) A student who is practicing direct-entry midwifery while engaged in a Board-approved clinical midwife educational experience under the supervision of a licensed direct-entry midwife.