TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 27. DIRECT-ENTRY MIDWIFERY

Part 3. Regulation of Practice

Administration Of Prescription Drugs Prohibited -- Exceptions

37-27-302. Administration of prescription drugs prohibited -- exceptions. A licensed direct-entry midwife may not dispense or administer prescription drugs other than newborn vitamin K (oral or intramuscular preparations), pitocin (intramuscular) postpartum, xylocaine (subcutaneous), and, in accordance with administrative rules adopted by the department of public health and human services, prophylactic eye agents to newborn infants. These drugs may be administered only if prescribed by a physician.

History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 550, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 44, L. 2007.