37-27-320. Reports -- failure to report. (1) A licensed direct-entry midwife shall submit semiannually to the board, on forms supplied by the board, a summary report on each patient who was given care. The report must include vital statistics on each patient and information on the procedures and scope of care administered, including transport of the patient to a hospital and physician referrals, but may not include information disclosing the identity of the patient.
(2) A licensed direct-entry midwife shall report within 72 hours to the board and to the department of public health and human services any maternal, fetal, or neonatal mortality or morbidity in patients for whom care has been given.
(3) Failure of a direct-entry midwife to submit required reports constitutes grounds to deny renewal of a license.
History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 550, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 92, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 37. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 27. Direct-Entry Midwifery
Part 3. Regulation of Practice
37-27-301. Unlawful to practice without license
37-27-302. Administration of prescription drugs prohibited -- exceptions
37-27-303. Operative and surgical procedures prohibited -- exception
37-27-304. through 37-27-309 reserved
37-27-310. Privileged communications -- exceptions
37-27-312. Screening procedures
37-27-313. and 37-27-314 reserved
37-27-315. Physician consultation advised
37-27-316. through 37-27-319 reserved
37-27-320. Reports -- failure to report
37-27-321. Filing of birth certificate
37-27-322. through 37-27-324 reserved
37-27-325. Violation -- penalties -- injunction -- manner of charging violation