Oklahoma § 59-3040.13 - State roster of licensed midwives
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 59-3040.13 — State roster of licensed midwives, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 59-3040.13. State roster of licensed midwives
A. The State Department of Health shall maintain a roster of
each person licensed as a midwife in this state. The roster shall
contain for each licensed midwife the information required on the
informed choice and disclosure statement under Section 3040.10 of
this title and other information the Department determines necessary
to accurately identify each licensed midwife. The roster shall be a
public document available under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
B. The Department shall provide each local registrar of births
in a county with the name of each midwife practicing in the county.
C. Any data required to be submitted to the Department pursuant
to Shepherd’s Law shall not contain any personally identifying
information of the client by the midwife and shall be considered
confidential records collected for statistical information purposes
only.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 40, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2020. Amended by Laws
2021, c. 411, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2023, c. 153, § 2, eff.
Nov. 1, 2023.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 59-3040.13 ("State roster of licensed midwives") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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