Midwifery Related Law

United Kingdom

• ENB Home page English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.

United States

• General Government Information
  • StateLaw: State & Local Government - Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Information Links to information on every state in the US, plus other valuable links.
  • Yahoo! - GovernmentU.S. GovernmentLegislative Branch
  • For information on a particular state, see here.
• Information Specific or Relevant to Midwifery
  • Barriers to Midwifery Practice By the ACNM.
  • Emergency Alert Also concerning the ACNM.
  • HotPolitics
  • Legal-Legislative Materials Put together by the ACNM.
  • Legal Recognition Concerning the ACNM.
  • Legal Status of Direct Entry Midwives State by State Analysis Chart kept fairly up to date. Useful. By MANA.
  • Legislative issues
  • THE MEDICAL MONOPOLY PROTECTING CONSUMERS OR LIMITING COMPETITION
  • Midwives and Home Births
  • Overview of Legislative Development Concerning Alternative Health Care in the United States - HealthWorld Online
  • Prescriptive Authority As concerns CNMs.
  • Prescriptive Privileges for Nurse Practitioners Again, relevant to CNMs.
  • QUICK REFERENCE TABLES Chart put togther by the ACNM concerning relevant regulation. 
  • State and Federal FAQs
  • Strategies for Influencing Policy
  • For information on a particular state, see here.

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