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California's Midwives: How Scope of Practice Laws Impact Care

Description
Compares the scope of practice, professional licensures, regulatory systems, and educational requirements for licensed midwives (LMs) and nurse-midwives (NMs) in California. Appendix provides per capita distribution data for midwives by county within the state.
Author(s)
Connie Kwong, Margot Brooks, Kim Q. Dau, Joanne Spetz
Date
10/2019
Type
Document
Organization
Healthforce Center at UCSF
Tagged as
Access · County-by-county data · Health workforce supply and demand · Licensure and certification of health professionals · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Scope of practice · Women · California

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