HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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7-605. REVOCATION OF LICENSE TO PRACTICE MIDWIFERY.

(A)  DISCRETIONARY REVOCATION.

SUBJECT TO THE HEARING PROVISIONS OF § 7-313 OF THIS

TITLE, THE BOARD MAY REVOKE THE LICENSE OF A LICENSED NURSE

MIDWIFE WHO IS CONVICTED TWICE OF VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)  MANDATORY REVOCATION.

SUBJECT TO THE HEARING PROVISIONS OF § 7-313 OF THIS
TITLE, THE BOARD SHALL REVOKE THE LICENSE OF A LICENSED
NURSE MIDWIFE WHO IS CONVICTED OF PRODUCING A CRIMINAL
ABORTION OR CRIMINALLY INDUCING PREMATURE LABOR. THE BOARD
MAY NOT REINSTATE OR ISSUE A NEW LICENSE TO A FORMER
LICENSEE WHOSE LICENSE HAS BEEN REVOKED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from present Art. 43,
§§ 91(b) and 92.

The present references to these actions being in
addition to any other penalty are deleted as
unnecessary.

For the disciplinary powers of the Board
regarding licensed practical nurses and
registered nurses see § 7-312 of this title.

The attention of the General Assembly is called
to subsection (a) of this section, which seems to
imply that before the Board may take action
against a nurse midwife, the nurse midwife must
be convicted twice of violating this subtitle.
Also it is unclear if the Board has any lesser
power than license revocation under subsection
(a) of this section.

See Art. 43, § 139 of the Code for the provisions
that relate to producing a criminal abortion or
criminally inducing premature labor.

7-606. DUTY TO NOTIFY PHYSICIAN.

IF, WHILE PRACTICING MIDWIFERY, A LICENSED NURSE
MIDWIFE ATTENDS A WOMAN WHO DOES NOT DELIVER A CHILD
SPONTANEOUSLY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, THE LICENSED NURSE
MIDWIFE PROMPTLY SHALL NOTIFY A PHYSICIAN.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first clause
of the second sentence of Art. 43, § 87.

7-607. PRACTICING WITHOUT LICENSE.