North Carolina § 90-178 - 1. Title.

§ 90-178. 1. Title.

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Midwifery Practice Act. History (1983, c. 897, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1983, c. 897, s. 3, provides: "This Act shall become effective October 1, 1983. Any person who on October 1, 1983, had been a practicing midwife in North Carolina for more than 10 years may continue to assist at childbirth without approval under this Article. Any other person authorized to practice midwifery on September 30, 1983, may continue to practice midwifery without approval under this Article until April 1, 1984. No annual fee shall be collected for 1983." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 12I.2(a), (b), provides: "(a) The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services shall appoint a subcommittee to study whether certified nurse-midwives should be given more flexibility in the practice of midwifery. In conducting the study, the subcommittee shall consider whether a certified nurse-midwife should be allowed to practice midwifery in collaboration with, rather than under the supervision of, a physician licensed to practice medicine under Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes who is actively engaged in the practice of obstetrics. "(b) The subcommittee shall report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on or before April 1, 2014, at which time it shall terminate." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Legal Periodicals. - For note, "Nurse Malpractice in North Carolina: The Standard of Care," see 65 N.C.L. Rev. 579 (1987). For note, "A Violent Birth: Reframing Coerced Procedures During Childbirth as Obstetric Violence,” see 67 Duke L.J. 827 (2018).