175M00000X — Lay Midwife

Grouping

Other Service Providers

Classification

Midwife, Lay

Specialization

None — this code IS the classification

Section

Individual

Definition

A person qualified by experience and limited specialized training to provide obstetric and neo-natal care in the management of women having normal pregnancy, labor and childbirth. The lay midwife is licensed in some states.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.