(a) The board shall issue a permit to practice as an apprentice direct-entry midwife to a person who satisfies the requirements of Alaska Stat. § 08.65.050(1) – (3) and who has been accepted into a program of education, training, and apprenticeship approved by the board under Alaska Stat. § 08.65.030. A permit application under this section must include information the board may require. The permit is valid for a term of two years and may be renewed in accordance with regulations adopted by the board.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.65.090

  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) An apprentice direct-entry midwife may perform all the activities of a certified direct-entry midwife if supervised in a manner prescribed by the board by

(1) A certified direct-entry midwife who has been licensed and practicing in this state for at least two years and has acted as a primary or assistant midwife at 50 or more births since the date the certified direct-entry midwife was first licensed;
(2) a certified direct-entry midwife who has been licensed for at least two years in a state with licensing requirements at least equivalent in scope, quality, and difficulty to those of this state at the time of licensing, has practiced midwifery for the last two years, and has acted as a primary or assistant midwife at 50 or more births since the date the certified direct-entry midwife was first licensed;
(3) a physician licensed in this state with an obstetrical practice at the time of undertaking the apprenticeship; or
(4) a certified nurse midwife licensed by the Board of Nursing in this state with an obstetrical practice at the time of undertaking the apprenticeship.
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