Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2783
Certified nurse midwife; define for licensure under Nurse Practice Act.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-15-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY" AND "CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NURSING PRACTICE LAW; TO REMOVE THE ROLLBACK TO FORMER LAW PROVISION OF THIS SECTION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 73-15-24, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF NURSING SHALL REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY SHALL ONLY BE CONDUCTED BY CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE WHO ENGAGES IN THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE FROM THE DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE THE EXCEPTION FOR FEMALES ENGAGED SOLELY IN THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 18 to February 2, 2010, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate