Preparing for Texas Licensure

Core Competencies Covered

  • Texas Midwifery Law and Rules
  • Licensed Midwife scope and responsibilities
  • Informed disclosure
  • Required testing and screening
  • Consultation, referral, and transfer requirements
  • Documentation and recordkeeping
  • Vital statistics
  • Newborn screening
  • Medication requirements
  • Complaints and enforcement
  • Continuing education and renewal
  • Practice protocols

Skills Introduced, Practiced & Initially Verified

  • Navigate Texas midwifery statutes and rules
  • Apply Texas requirements to clinical scenarios
  • Develop and evaluate practice protocols
  • Prepare appropriate informed-disclosure materials
  • Identify mandatory reporting requirements
  • Apply documentation and record-retention requirements
  • Determine legally appropriate consultation, referral, and transfer actions

Professional Standards Alignment
Texas Occupations Code Chapter 203; 16 TAC Chapter 115; TDLR Midwives Educational Course requirements
Additional Alignment: NARM and MANA professional-practice competencies
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