Resource Packet:  Evaluating and Responding to Certified Professional Midwifery Legislation in Your State

1. Standards for the Practice of Midwifery
2. Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice
   • These standard-setting documents are essential when reviewing scope of practice issues and equivalency questions.
     
3. Position Statement: Principles For Licensing and Regulating Midwives and Other Maternal Child Health Professionals
   • This statement clarifies the core principles ACNM believes should be followed when developing legislation and regulations for maternal child health professionals.
4. Comparison Chart of CNM/CMs and CPMs
   • This chart compares the standards, certification, education, faculty requirements, clinical requirements and scope of practice for CNM/CMs and CPMs.
     

• It is also important to be aware of the ACOG statement on Lay Midwifery.