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As used in ORS 687.405 to 687.495, “direct entry midwifery” means providing the following services for compensation:

(1) Supervision of the conduct of labor and childbirth;

(2) Providing advice to a parent as to the progress of childbirth;

(3) Rendering prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care; and

(4) Making newborn assessments. [1993 c.362 §1; 2011 c.650 §4; 2013 c.657 §12]