Section R9-16-105. Continuing Education

During the term of a midwifery license, the midwife shall obtain at least 20 continuing education units that:

1.        Improve the midwife’s ability to:

a.         Provide services within the midwife’s scope of prac- tice,

b.        Recognize and respond to situations outside the mid- wife’s scope of practice, or

c.         Provide  guidance  to  other  services  a  client   may need; and

2.        Have been approved as applicable to the practice of mid- wifery by the:

a.         American Nurses Association,

b.        American  Congress  of   Obstetrics  and  Gynecolo- gists,

c.         Midwives Alliance of North America,

d.        Arizona Medical Association,

e.         American College of Nurse Midwives,

f.         Midwifery Education Accreditation Council, or

g.        Another health professional organization.

Historical Note

Adopted effective March 14, 1994, except for subsections (B)(3) and (C) which are effective September 15, 1994 (Supp. 94-1). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 1805, effective July 1,

2013 (Supp. 13-2).