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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 10.64.01.15" title_num="10" subtitle_num="64" chapter_num="01" heading="Qualifications of Applicants for Initial Licensure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be of good moral character;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a high school graduate or have completed equivalent education;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be 21 years old or older;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Hold a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification issued by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Have completed in the past 2 years the American Academy of Pediatrics or American Heart Association Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Hold a current valid Certified Professional Midwife credential granted by NARM; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Have completed a midwifery education program as describe in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Midwifery Education Program. The applicant shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Have completed a midwifery education program that is accredited by MEAC or ACME;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have completed the NARM Midwifery Bridge Certificate Program; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the applicant was certified by NARM as a certified professional midwife on or before January 15, 2017, through a non-MEAC accredited program, but otherwise qualifies for licensure, provide:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Verification of completion of NARM-approved clinical requirements; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Evidence of completion, in the past 2 years, of an additional 50 hours of continuing education units approved by the Board and accredited by MEAC, the American College of Nurse Midwives, or the Accrediting Council for Continuing Medical Education, which included:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>14 hours of obstetric emergency skills training such as a Birth Emergency Skills Training (BEST) or an Advanced Life Saving in Obstetrics (ALSO) course; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>36 hours of pharmacology, lab interpretation of pregnancy, antepartum complications, intrapartum complications, postpartum complications, and neonatal care courses.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>