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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.64.01.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="64" chapter_num="01" heading="License Required and Exceptions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice direct-entry midwifery in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This regulation does not apply to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual who assists at a birth in an emergency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An individual who is licensed as a health care practitioner whose scope of practice allows the individual to practice direct-entry midwifery; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>