(a)        No person shall practice or offer to practice or hold oneself out to practice midwifery unless approved pursuant to this Article.

(b)        A person approved pursuant to this Article may practice midwifery in a hospital or non-hospital setting and shall practice under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine who is actively engaged in the practice of obstetrics. A registered nurse approved pursuant to this Article is authorized to write prescriptions for drugs in accordance with the same conditions applicable to a nurse practitioner under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-18.2(b).

(c)        Graduate nurse midwife applicant status may be granted by the joint subcommittee in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-178.4 (1983, c. 897, s. 1; 2000-140, s. 60.)