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Illinois Statutes Chapter 225. Professions,Occupations and Business Operations § 64/85. Prohibited practices

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

§ 85. Prohibited practices.

(a) A licensed certified professional midwife may not do any of the following:

(1) administer prescription pharmacological agents intended to induce or augment labor;

(2) administer prescription pharmacological agents to provide pain management;

(3) use vacuum extractors or forceps;

(4) prescribe medications;

(5) provide out-of-hospital care to a childbearing individual who has had a previous cesarean section;

(6) perform abortions or surgical procedures, including, but not limited to, cesarean sections and circumcisions, except for an emergency episiotomy;

(7) knowingly accept responsibility for prenatal or intrapartum care of a client with any of the following risk factors:

(A) chronic significant maternal cardiac, pulmonary, renal, or hepatic disease;

(B) malignant disease in an active phase;

(C) significant hematological disorders, coagulopathies, or pulmonary embolism;

(D) insulin requiring diabetes mellitus;

(E) known maternal congenital abnormalities affecting childbirth;

(F) confirmed isoimmunization, Rh disease with positive titer;

(G) active tuberculosis;

(H) active syphilis or gonorrhea;

(I) active genital herpes infection 2 weeks prior to labor or in labor;

(J) pelvic or uterine abnormalities affecting normal vaginal births, including tumors and malformations;

(K) alcoholism or alcohol abuse;

(L) drug addiction or abuse; or

(M) confirmed AIDS status.

(b) A licensed certified professional midwife shall not administer Schedule II through IV controlled substances. Subject to a prescription by a health care professional, Schedule V controlled substances may be administered by licensed certified professional midwives.

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