Legal Standard of Care, Part 2

Another example of legislative language describing standard of care can be defined as the “degree of care and skill of the average CNM, taking into account the medical/midwifery knowledge available to her based on customary practices of the average CNM”. It is obvious that statutory legal terms exist to be argued about in court. A CNM provider will never hear this language in any graduate school midwifery classroom. Certified Nurse-Midwives do not acquire knowledge of the science, skills, ethics, and competencies of midwifery based on legislative standards. “Available knowledge” for a CNM/CM will be based on her education from an accredited midwifery education program.