CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSED MIDWIFE AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY; DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-2957.7)

“Midwife” means any person who provides primary maternity care by
affirmative act or conduct prior to, during, and subsequent to childbirth, and
who is not licensed as a doctor of medicine or osteopathy or certified nurse
midwife.”Practicing midwifery” means providing primary maternity
care that is consistent with a midwife’s training, education, and
experience to women and their newborns throughout the childbearing cycle, and
identifying and referring women or their newborns who require medical care to an
appropriate practitioner.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 719, 917.