+ − Summary
+ − Full Text
+ − Actions (4)
- Floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
- Reassigned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
- To Health & Welfare
- Introduced in Senate
+ − Amendments (2)
SFA1
Delete the language of the bill in its entirety; create new sections of KRS Chapter 314 to define "APRN-designated nurse midwife," "council," "midwifery," and "certified professional midwife"; create the Certified Professional Midwives Advisory Council under the Board of Nursing and establish its membership; provide that certified professional midwife has same authority and responsibility as other licensed health care providers regarding public health laws, and require to keep appropriate medical records; require board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to certified professional midwives; permit the board to require a criminal background investigation of an applicant for a permit as a certified professional midwife by means of a fingerprint check; establish certain prohibited conduct relating to the practice of midwifery; prohibit a certified professional midwife from providing services in the presence of certain high-risk conditions; provide immunity from liability in civil action for health care providers who has acted in consultation with a certified professional midwife; and establish that there is no physician-patient or nurse-patient relationship if a physician or registered nurse has consulted with a certified professional midwife but not examined or treated a client of a midwife; amend KRS 211.180 and 311.550 to conform.
SFA2
Make title amendment.