(a) Except for any willful or grossly negligent act, a health care provider or emergency room personnel who work at a hospital, or emergency medical services providers or ambulance personnel, may not be held civilly liable for an action arising solely from an injury resulting from an act or omission of a licensed direct–entry midwife, even if the person has consulted with the licensed direct–entry midwife or accepted a referral from the licensed direct–entry midwife.
(b) A health care practitioner who consults with a licensed direct–entry midwife or receives notification of a delivery under § 8–6C–02(b)(15) of this subtitle or the transfer of records under § 8–6C–02(b)(16) of this subtitle but who does not examine or treat a patient of the licensed direct–entry midwife may not be deemed to have created a physician–patient relationship with the patient.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 6C - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives
Section 8-6C-02 - Practice of Direct-Entry Midwifery
Section 8-6C-03 - Transfer to Health Care Practitioner Under Certain Conditions
Section 8-6C-04 - Consultation With Health Care Practitioner; Emergency Transfer to Hospital
Section 8-6C-06 - License Required
Section 8-6C-07 - Duties Where Patient Chooses Home Birth in Prohibited Situations
Section 8-6C-08 - Written Plan for Emergency Transfer Required
Section 8-6C-09 - Standardized Informed Consent Agreement
Section 8-6C-11 - Direct-Entry Midwifery Advisory Committee
Section 8-6C-12 - Duties of Committee
Section 8-6C-13 - Qualifications for License
Section 8-6C-14 - License -- Application; Fee
Section 8-6C-16 - License -- Issuance
Section 8-6C-17 - Authority Conferred
Section 8-6C-18 - Expiration; Renewal
Section 8-6C-19 - License -- Surrender or Lapse
Section 8-6C-20 - Denial, Surrender, or Revocation of License; Reprimands, Probation
Section 8-6C-21 - Misrepresentations Prohibited
Section 8-6C-22 - Immunity of Health Care Providers