General Laws

[ Text of section effective until May 2, 2012. For text effective May 2, 2012, see below.]

  Section 80C. A nurse-midwife who is designated by the board of registration in nursing pursuant to the provisions of section eighty B may engage in the practice of nurse-midwifery; provided, however, that the nurse-midwife functions as a member of a health care team which includes a qualified physician licensed to practice medicine in the commonwealth which physician has admitting privileges in a hospital licensed by the department of public health for the operation of maternity and newborn services.

Chapter 112: Section 80C. Nurse-midwife; designation

[ Text of section amended by 2012, 24, Sec. 2 effective May 2, 2012.]

  Section 80C. A nurse-midwife who is designated by the board of registration in nursing pursuant to the provisions of section eighty B may engage in the practice of nurse-midwifery.