TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 55

MIDWIFERY

54-5509.  client protection — unprofessional conduct. A licensed midwife or applicant for licensure, renewal, or reinstatement may not:

(1)  Disregard a client’s dignity or right to privacy as to her person, condition, possessions, or medical record;

(2)  Breach any legal requirement of confidentiality with respect to a client, unless ordered by a court of law;

(3)  Submit a birth certificate known by the person to be false or fraudulent or willfully make or file false or incomplete reports or records in the practice of midwifery;

(4)  Fail to provide information sufficient to allow a client to give fully informed consent;

(5)  Engage in the practice of midwifery while impaired because of the use of alcoholic beverages or drugs; or

(6)  Violate any other standards of conduct as determined by the board in rules adopted for the regulation of the practice of midwifery.

History:

[54-5509, added 2024, ch. 59, sec. 2, p. 284.]