314.400 Definitions for KRS 314.400 to 314.414.
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As used in KRS 314.400 to 314.414:
(1)"APRN-designated certified nurse-midwife" means an advanced practice registered
nurse as defined in KRS 314.011 who is designated by the board as a certified
nurse-midwife;
(2)"Certified professional midwifery services":
(a)Means the provision of care to a person during a low-risk pregnancy,
childbirth, and the postpartum period, and the care of a normal newborn
immediately following birth;
(b)Includes collaboration with other appropriate licensed health care providers as
specified by the board by administrative regulation or when otherwise
indicated; and
(c)Does not have the same meaning as the practice of an APRN-designated
certified nurse-midwife, or the practice of medicine or osteopathy as defined
in KRS 311.550;
(3)"Collaboration" means the process by which a licensed certified professional
midwife and a physician or other appropriate healthcare provider jointly manage the
care of a client, the requirements for which shall be defined by the board;
(4)"Consultation" means the process by which a licensed certified professional
midwife directs the client to a physician or other appropriate licensed healthcare
provider to render an opinion regarding the management of a specific problem or
condition, the requirements for which shall be defined by the board;
(5)"Council" means the Licensed Certified Professional Midwives Advisory Council
created in KRS 314.402;
(6)"Licensed certified professional midwife" means a person who is certified by the
North American Registry of Midwives and issued a license by the board to provide
certified professional midwifery services in the Commonwealth of Kentucky;
(7)"Referral" means the process by which a licensed certified professional midwife
arranges for an accepting physician or other appropriate licensed healthcare
provider to assume primary management responsibility for the condition requiring
referral, which shall not preclude the licensed certified professional midwife from
continuing in the provision of care as mutually agreed upon with the accepting
provider, as regulated by the board; and
(8)"Transfer" means the act of transporting a client to a licensed healthcare facility
providing a higher level of care.