§ 31-26-2. Requirement of Certificate; Application; Educational Requirements; Issuance, Suspension, and Revocation
No person shall practice midwifery without first receiving from the Department of Public Health a certificate of authority as provided in this Code section and registering his or her name, address, and occupation with the county board of health and the local registrar, as defined in Code Section 31-10-2, of vital statistics in the county […]
§ 31-26-3. Rules and Regulations
The department shall have the authority and power to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may appear necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, minimum educational and physical requirements for midwives and procedures and techniques to be employed and ethics to be observed in […]
§ 31-26-4. Conduct Prohibited of Certificate Holders
A certificate issued under this chapter shall not confer upon any person the right to practice medicine; to prescribe or administer drugs; to undertake charge of abnormal cases of confinement or of any disease in connection with confinement; or to assume any name, title, or designation implying that such person is authorized by law to […]
§ 31-26-5. Attendance at Other Than Normal Childbirth; Prohibited Procedures; Conduct in Event of Complications
It shall be unlawful for any person holding a certificate as a midwife to attend any cases other than those of normal childbirth or to perform any internal examinations or manipulations of any kind. In all cases in which the child is not delivered spontaneously within a reasonable time, the midwife shall notify a qualified […]
§ 31-26-6. Enforcement
The department and county boards of health and their duly authorized agents are authorized and empowered to enforce compliance with this chapter and rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under this chapter, as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of this title. History. Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 10; Code 1933, § 88-1409, […]
§ 31-26-7. Injunctive Relief of Violations
Any violation of this chapter or any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under this chapter is declared to be a public nuisance subject to abatement as provided in Code Section 31-5-9. History. Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 11; Code 1933, § 88-1410, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. […]
§ 31-26-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Midwife” means any person not licensed under the laws of this state to practice obstetrics who is regularly engaged in attending women in childbirth or who holds himself or herself out as such, whether or not for consideration. “Normal childbirth” means delivery, at or close to term, of […]