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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
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Subtitle C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES |
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Chapter 203. MIDWIVES |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 203.002. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1240, Sec. 56(1), eff. September 1, 2005.
(2) "Certified nurse-midwife" means a person who is:
(A) a registered nurse under Chapter 301;
(B) recognized as an advanced nurse practitioner by the Texas Board of Nursing; and
(C) certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.
(4) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(4-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(5) "Local health department" means a department of health created by the governing body of a municipality or a county under Section 121.031, Health and Safety Code.
(6) "Midwife" means a person who practices midwifery and has met the licensing requirements established by this chapter and midwifery board rules.
(7) "Midwifery" means the practice of:
(A) providing the necessary supervision, care, and advice to a woman during normal pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period;
(B) conducting a normal delivery of a child; and
(C) providing normal newborn care.
(8) "Newborn" means an infant from birth through the first six weeks of life.
(9) "Normal" means, as applied to pregnancy, labor, delivery, the postpartum period, and the newborn period, and as defined by midwifery board rule, circumstances under which a midwife has determined that a client is at a low risk of developing complications.
(10) "Postpartum period" means the first six weeks after a woman has given birth.