Licensed Certified Professional Midwives - Practice​

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​Licensed Certified Professional Midwives (LCPM) vs Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) 

KRS 314.400 Definitions for KRS 314.400 – 314.414 

​Licensed Certified Professional Midwife means: 

“a person who is certified by the North American Registry of Midwives and issued a license by the board to provide certified professional midwifery services in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.”

APRN-designated certified nurse-midwife means:

“an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in KRS 314.011 who is designated by the board as a certified nurse-midwife.” 
​Additional information on APRNs is located at APRN Scope Practice - KBN (ky.gov) 

Certified Professional Midwifery Services means: 

(a) Means the provision of care to a person during a low-risk pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, and the care of a normal newborn immediately following birth; 
(b) Includes collaboration with other appropriate licensed health care providers as specified by the board by administrative regulation or when otherwise indicated; and 
​​(c) Does not have the same meaning as the practice of an APRN-designated certified nurse-midwife, or the practice of medicine or osteopathy. 

Administrative Regulations Related to Licensed Certified Professional Midwives

​• 201 KAR 20:650 Licensed certified professional midwives permitted medical tests and formulary 
201 KAR 20:660 Licensed certified professional midwives duty to report 
201 KAR 20:670 Licensed certified professional midwives consultation, collaboration, and referral provisions 
201 KAR 20:680 Licensed certified professional midwives client records 
​• 201 KAR 20:690 Licensed certified professional midwives transfer guidelines 

LCPM Forms 

​Information on reporting requirements and forms is available here.​