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MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH

Midwifery and Home Deliveries

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society opposes home deliveries, and be it further

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society opposes the practice of midwifery by persons not licensed in North Carolina as a physician, physician assistant or certified nurse midwife.

(Report E-1977, adopted 5/7/77)
(reaffirmed, Report II-1988, Item 12, adopted 5/7/88)
(revised Report MM-1998, Item 18, adopted 11/15/98)
(revised, Report R-2006, Item 39, adopted 10/29/2006)
(reaffirmed, Report H-2011, Item 3-13, adopted 10/23/2011)
(reaffirmed, Board Report – Maternal & Infant Health Workgroup Recommendations, adopted 8/24/2020)