The Department of Public Health may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if a person licensed as a midwife fails to conform to the accepted standards of the midwife profession. Conduct which fails to conform to the accepted standards of the midwife profession includes, but is not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony; fraud or deceit in professional practice; illegal conduct; negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; emotional disorder or mental illness; physical illness including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; or wilful falsification of entries into any patient record.
(P.A. 90-40, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Section 20-75 to 20-86. - Practice defined. Examination, registration and regulation of midwives.
Section 20-86a. - Definitions.
Section 20-86b. - Scope of practice.
Section 20-86c. - Requirements for licensure. Fee.
Section 20-86d. - Advisory panel.
Section 20-86e. - Use of title.
Section 20-86f. - Disciplinary action.
Section 20-86g. - Midwifery license.
Section 20-86h. - Disciplinary action against licensed midwives.
Section 20-86i. - Temporary practice of graduates of nurse-midwifery programs.