I. Any person who was certified as a lay-midwife under the previous provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 326-D shall be immediately eligible for certification as a midwife upon the effective date of this section.
II. Residents of this state who held themselves out as midwives prior to July 1, 1999, may continue to practice in this state without certification until June 30, 2001. Such midwives, however, shall obtain certification under this chapter by July 1, 2001 in order to practice midwifery. Such midwives may be certified under this chapter, if they meet all of the qualifications under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-D:7, except that experience requirements under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-D:7, V, shall be waived if the applicant can document at least 50 successful home births.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 326-D:14

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4