S-0.1 - Midwives Act

Section 5 Disposition versions

2008-10-15

5. In addition to the regulations and by-laws the board of directors is required to adopt in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C‐26), the board of directors shall, by regulation,

(1)  determine standards relating to the form and content of the verbal and written prescriptions made by a midwife;

(2)  determine the standards of practice and the conditions for engaging in the practice of midwifery that must be complied with for conducting home deliveries;

(3)  determine the cases presenting a risk for a woman or her child during pregnancy, labour, delivery and the first six weeks of the postnatal period that requires, as a consequence, a consultation by a physician or the transfer of clinical responsibility to a physician, and the conditions under which the consultation or transfer is to be effected.

Sections 95.2 and 95.3 of the Professional Code apply to a regulation made pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph.

1999, c. 24, s. 5; 2000, c. 13, s. 95; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.

2000-07-12

5. In addition to the regulations and by-laws the Bureau is required to adopt in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C‐26), the Bureau shall, by regulation,

(1)  determine standards relating to the form and content of the verbal and written prescriptions made by a midwife ;

(2)  determine the standards of practice and the conditions for engaging in the practice of midwifery that must be complied with for conducting home deliveries ;

(3)  determine the cases presenting a risk for a woman or her child during pregnancy, labour, delivery and the first six weeks of the postnatal period that requires, as a consequence, a consultation by a physician or the transfer of clinical responsibility to a physician, and the conditions under which the consultation or transfer is to be effected.

Sections 95.2 and 95.3 of the Professional Code apply to a regulation made pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph.

1999, c. 24, s. 5; 2000, c. 13, s. 95.

1999-06-30

5. In addition to the regulations and by-laws the Bureau is required to adopt in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C-26), the Bureau shall, by regulation,

(1)  determine standards relating to the form and content of the verbal and written prescriptions made by a midwife ;

(2)  determine the standards of practice and the conditions for engaging in the practice of midwifery that must be complied with for conducting home deliveries ;

(3)  determine the cases presenting a risk for a woman or her child during pregnancy, labour, delivery and the first six weeks of the postnatal period that requires, as a consequence, a consultation by a physician or the transfer of clinical responsibility to a physician, and the conditions under which the consultation or transfer is to be effected.

Section 95.2 of the Professional Code applies to a regulation made pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph.

1999, c. 24, s. 5.