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Committee hears midwives' fix to let licensed midwives delegate tasks to medical assistants
Summary
House Bill 23-29 would allow licensed midwives to delegate specific tasks to medical assistants and list midwives among practitioners who can supervise MAs; witnesses said the change corrects a statutory omission and would help birth centers and rural access.
The committee considered House Bill 23-29 Jan. 14, a technical change intended to allow licensed midwives to delegate tasks to medical assistants (MAs) and to add licensed midwives to the list of health care practitioners authorized to supervise MAs. Staff told lawmakers that the bill addresses an omission — licensed midwives assist with low-risk births and are required to consult physicians when births deviate from…
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