KRS 314.400: Definitions for KRS 314.400 to 314.414.

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 provid ers 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 o r 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 agr eed 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.