Legal Foundations For Cnm Cm Practice

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.