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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1404
Introduced 2/21/2007, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 80/4.28 new |
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Creates the Midwife Certification Act to provide for the regulation of Certified Midwives who practice home-birth midwifery by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date of January 1, 2018 for the new Act.
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HB1404 |
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LRB095 04362 RAS 24405 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Midwife Certification Act. |
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| Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act to regulate the |
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| practice of home-birth midwifery and to instill confidence in |
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| Illinois families that desire home births that their midwife |
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| has been medically trained in appropriate home birth |
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| procedures. |
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: |
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| "Department" means the Department of Financial and |
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| Professional Regulation. |
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| "Midwifery" means the provision, on a continuing basis, of |
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necessary care and education to women during pregnancy, |
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| labor, and the
postpartum and interpartum periods;
attending |
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| deliveries that the individual is responsible for; and caring |
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| for the
newborn infant.
"Midwifery" also includes the provision |
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| of additional primary health care
services to women and their |
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| families, which include, but are not limited to,
well-woman
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| gynecological services such as non-pharmacological family |
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| planning and routine
pap
smears.
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