{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2957.7","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-2957.7","heading":"Licensed midwife and practice of midwifery; definitions","body":"\"Midwife\" means any person who provides primary maternity care by affirmative act or conduct prior to, during, and subsequent to childbirth, and who is not licensed as a doctor of medicine or osteopathy or certified nurse midwife.\"Practicing midwifery\" means providing primary maternity care that is consistent with a midwife's training, education, and experience to women and their newborns throughout the childbearing cycle, and identifying and referring women or their newborns who require medical care to an appropriate practitioner.2005, cc. 719, 917.","path":["Title 54.1. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","Subtitle III. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS REGULATED BY BOARDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS","Chapter 29. MEDICINE AND OTHER HEALING ARTS","Article 4. LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION OF OTHER PRACTITIONERS OF THE HEALING ARTS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/54.1-2957.7/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:24Z","sha256":"67e66bd556f17d890b07a0c588e036847421f8a3e413a227ed0b3e287c8ed74f","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2957.6","next":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-2957.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}