Licensure of midwives.
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Official record
Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit> Bill No.: SF0048 Drafter: JWL LSO No.: 10LSO-0207 Effective Date: July 1, 2010* Enrolled Act No.: SEA0043 Chapter No.: 46 Prime Sponsor: Senator Johnson Catch Title: Licensure of midwives. Subject: Authorizes the licensure and regulation of midwives. Summary/Major Elements: This act: o Establishes the Board of Midwifery to regulate the practice of midwifery; o Provides criteria for the issuance of a midwife license, including specified education and professional certification requirements; o Identifies grounds for discipline of a midwife by the board, to include suspension, revocation or conditioning of a license; o Requires the board to adopt rules and provide minimum requirements regarding the scope of midwifery practice, referrals to physicians, emergency transfers to a hospital and protocols for informed consent, management of newborns, medical waste disposal and reporting of outcomes to the board; o Provides that no hospital, physician, nurse or emergency medical technician shall be liable for any negligence or willful and wanton acts or omissions of a midwife; o Requires fingerprinting and criminal background checks of applicants for licensure as a midwife. Comments: *The act is effective July 1, 2010, except the establishment of the Board and rulemaking authority is effective immediately.
Public statements
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Why they voted this way
The lawmaker explains that the amendments include corrections requested by staff and provisions to tighten the bill, such as requiring board members to be licensed within a year and adjusting fee structures.
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Why they voted this way
The lawmaker supports sending the bill to committee because constituents in their district prefer home births for religious and cultural reasons but cannot access licensed midwives due to current laws.
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Wyoming roll calls
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Adopted 2nd reading by BROWN
Adopted Committee of the Whole by STEWARD
Adopted Standing Committee by H10
Adopted Committee of the Whole by HASTERT
Adopted Committee of the Whole by SCOTT
Adopted Standing Committee by SCOTT