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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-23 > Chapter-23-13 > 23-13-9SECTION 23-13-9
§ 23-13-9 Licensing and regulation ofmidwives – Penalty for violations. – The state director of health is authorized and directed to make rules for theregulation of the practice of midwifery and for the licensing of midwives,including regulations which require the payment of an initial application feeequal to that fee which is imposed upon applicants for licensure as nursepractitioners and a renewal fee also equivalent to that for nursepractitioners. The rules regarding the regulation of the practice of midwiferyshall authorize a licensed nurse-midwife to prescribe medications that might bereasonably required by his or her patients; provided however, that anurse-midwife shall prescribe any of those medications as authorized by a listprepared by the director of health. The provisions of this section relating toprescription by nurse-midwives shall be overseen by the department of health.No person not a licensed midwife or a physician, registered under theprovisions of chapter 37 of title 5, shall practice midwifery or shall make apractice of attending women in childbirth for hire, or use the name or title ofmidwife. Any person who violates the provisions of this section or who violatesany of the rules of the department of health made in pursuance of this sectionshall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned not morethan six (6) months, or both, and the director of health may revoke the licenseissued to any person when, in the opinion of the director of health, thatperson is guilty of unprofessional conduct.
