Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3040.2: Definitions

As used in Shepherd's Law:

1. "Certified Nurse-Midwife" or "nurse-midwife" shall have the

same meaning as provided by Section 567.3a of Title 59 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

2. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health;

3. "Committee" means the Advisory Committee on Midwifery;

4. "Department" means the State Department of Health;

5. "Licensed midwife" means a person who practices midwifery

and is licensed under this act;

6. "Midwifery" means the practice of:

a. providing the necessary supervision, care and advice

to a woman during normal pregnancy, labor and the

postpartum period,

b. conducting a normal delivery of a child,

c. providing normal newborn care, and

d. providing routine well-woman care and screenings;

7. "Newborn" means an infant from birth through the first six

weeks of life;

8. "Normal" means, as applied to pregnancy, labor, delivery,

the postpartum period and the newborn period, and as defined by

rules of the State Commissioner of Health, circumstances under which

a midwife has determined that a client does not have a condition

that requires medical intervention;

9. "Postpartum period" means the first six weeks after a woman

has given birth; and

10. "Unlicensed midwife" means a person who offers midwifery

services or holds himself or herself out to be a midwife who is not

licensed under this act.