A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow certified nurse midwives flexibility in the practice of midwifery.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑178.3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A person approved pursuant to this Article may practice midwifery in a hospital or non‑hospital setting and may practice midwifery in collaboration with a physician licensed to practice medicine under Article 1 of this Chapter who is actively engaged in the practice of obstetrics until the midwife's patient is admitted to a hospital. After the patient is admitted to a hospital, a person approved to practice midwifery shall practice under the supervision of the physician licensed to practice medicine who is actively engaged in the practice of obstetrics. A registered nurse approved pursuant to this Article is authorized to write prescriptions for drugs in accordance with the same conditions applicable to a nurse practitioner under G.S. 90‑18.2(b)."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.