Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 333. Health § 333.20701

(a) “Certified nurse midwife” means an individual who is licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172  1 who has been granted a specialty certification in the health profession specialty field of nurse midwifery by the Michigan board of nursing under section 17210.  2

(b) “Freestanding birth center” means a facility that provides midwifery care for normal deliveries, well-person reproductive and sexual health care, extended postpartum care, and newborn care, that is within the scope of practice of the health care provider. Freestanding birth center does not include a hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility.

(c) “Health care provider” means any of the following:

(d) “Midwife” means that term as defined in section 17101.  4

(e) “Midwifery care” means the practice of midwifery as that term is defined in section 17101 by a midwife and the practice of nursing by a certified nurse midwife.

(f) “Physician” means that term as defined in section 17001 or 17501.  5

(g) “Social determinants of health” means the social and economic conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status.