# 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 .19 Prohibited Acts.

*COMAR 10.64.01.19*

A. Unless authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery, an individual may not represent to the public by title, description of service, method, procedure, or otherwise, that the individual is authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery in the State.

B. A licensee may not advertise in a manner that is unreasonable, misleading, or fraudulent.

C. Unless authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery, an individual may not use the abbreviation “LDEM” or use the designation “licensed direct-entry midwife”.

D. Unless authorized to practice direct-entry midwifery or certified as a registered nurse midwife under Health Occupations Article, Title 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, an individual may not use the designation “midwife”.