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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies provisions of the Direct-Entry Midwife Act.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ modifies the definition of the "practice of direct-entry midwifery" to include giving
14 one dose of oxytocin to a client after the delivery of a baby; and
15 ▸ makes technical changes.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 58-77-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 365
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 58-77-102 is amended to read:
26 58-77-102. Definitions.
27 In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter:
28 (1) "Board" means the Licensed Direct-entry Midwife Board created in Section
29 58-77-201.
30 (2) "Certified nurse-midwife" means a person licensed under Title 58, Chapter 44a,
31 Nurse Midwife Practice Act.
32 (3) "Client" means a woman [
33 newborn baby under the care of a direct-entry midwife.
34 (4) "Direct-entry midwife" means an individual who is engaging in the practice of
35 direct-entry midwifery.
36 (5) "Licensed direct-entry midwife" means a person licensed under this chapter.
37 (6) "Low risk" means a labor and delivery and postpartum, newborn, and
38 interconceptual care that does not include a condition that requires a mandatory transfer under
39 administrative rules adopted by the division.
40 (7) "Physician" means an individual licensed as a physician and surgeon, osteopathic
41 physician, or naturopathic physician.
42 (8) "Practice of direct-entry midwifery" means the practice of providing the necessary
43 supervision, care, and advice to a client during essentially normal pregnancy, labor, delivery,
44 postpartum, and newborn periods that is consistent with national professional midwifery
45 standards and that is based upon the acquisition of clinical skills necessary for the care of a
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47 intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and limited interconceptual care, and includes:
48 (a) obtaining an informed consent to provide services;
49 (b) obtaining a health history, including a physical examination;
50 (c) developing a plan of care for a client;
51 (d) evaluating the results of client care;
52 (e) consulting and collaborating with and referring and transferring care to licensed
53 health care professionals, as is appropriate, regarding the care of a client;
54 (f) obtaining medications, as specified in this Subsection (8)(f), to administer to
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56 (i) prescription vitamins;
57 (ii) Rho D immunoglobulin;
58 (iii) sterile water;
59 (iv) one dose of intramuscular oxytocin after the delivery of [
60 minimize a client's blood loss;
61 (v) an additional single dose of oxytocin if a hemorrhage occurs, in which case the
62 licensed direct-entry midwife must initiate transfer if [
63 immediately improve;
64 (vi) oxygen;
65 (vii) local anesthetics without epinephrine used in accordance with Subsection (8)(l);
66 (viii) vitamin K to prevent hemorrhagic disease of [
67 (ix) as required by law, eye prophylaxis to prevent opthalmia neonatorum [
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69 (x) any other medication approved by a licensed health care provider with authority to
70 prescribe that medication;
71 (g) obtaining food, food extracts, dietary supplements, as defined by the federal Food,
72 Drug, and Cosmetic Act, homeopathic remedies, plant substances that are not designated as
73 prescription drugs or controlled substances, and over-the-counter medications to administer to
74 clients;
75 (h) obtaining and using appropriate equipment and devices such as a Doppler, a blood
76 pressure cuff, phlebotomy supplies, instruments, and sutures;
77 (i) obtaining appropriate screening and testing, including laboratory tests, urinalysis,
78 and ultrasound scans;
79 (j) managing the antepartum period;
80 (k) managing the intrapartum period, including:
81 (i) monitoring and evaluating the condition of a mother and a fetus;
82 (ii) performing an emergency episiotomy; and
83 (iii) delivering a baby in any out-of-hospital setting;
84 (l) managing the postpartum period, including the suturing of an episiotomy [
85 the suturing of first and second degree natural perineal and labial lacerations, including the
86 administration of a local anesthetic;
87 (m) managing the newborn period, including:
88 (i) providing care for [
89 baby examination; and
90 (ii) resuscitating a newborn baby;
91 (n) providing limited interconceptual services in order to provide continuity of care,
92 including:
93 (i) breastfeeding support and counseling;
94 (ii) family planning, limited to natural family planning, cervical caps, and diaphragms;
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96 (iii) pap smears, where [
97 abnormal result is to be referred to an appropriate licensed health care provider; and
98 (o) executing the orders of a licensed health care professional, [
99 within the education, knowledge, and skill of the direct-entry midwife.
100 (9) "Unlawful conduct" [
101 58-1-501 and 58-77-501.
102 (10) "Unprofessional conduct" [
103 Sections 58-1-501 and 58-77-502 and as may be further defined by rule.