12 AAC 14.560. Permitted practices

(a) The following practices may be performed by a certified direct-entry midwife who provides documentation acceptable to the board of having acquired the training and skills necessary to safely perform them:

(1) catheterization of the urinary bladder;

(2) administration of medications as specified in 12 AAC 14.570 and 12 AAC 14.600;

(3) clamping and cutting the umbilical cord;

(4) artificial rupture of the amniotic membrane if the fetal head is at zero station or lower and the client is past five centimeters dilation;

(5) venipuncture;

(6) capillary blood sampling;

(7) suturing;

(8) emergency measures as specified in 12 AAC 14.600; and

(9) intravenous therapy.

(b) The board will notify the certified direct-entry midwife that documentation submitted under this section is acceptable to the board of competence in these practices. A certified direct-entry midwife may not perform the practices set out in (a) of this section until notification of acceptance has been provided by the board.

History: Eff. 5/11/94, Register 130; am 5/2/2004, Register 170

Authority: AS 08.65.030

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