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AN ACT concerning Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Previous Cesarean Section FOR the purpose of allowing a licensed direct-entry midwife to assume or take responsibility for a client who had a previous cesarean section and regulating the circumstances under which the responsibility may be assumed or taken; altering the required contents of a certain informed consent agreement; requiring the State Board of Nursing, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to develop a transport protocol for clients who had a previous cesarean section; and generally relating to the practice of licensed direct-entry midwifery and cesarean sections. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Health Occupations Section 8-6C-03(11), 8-6C-04(a)(20) and (21), and 8-6C-09 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Health Occupations Section 8-6C-04(a)(22) and (e) Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) Underlining indicates amendments to bill. Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by amendment. HOUSE BILL 351

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Bonnie Cullison (D)*,  Tiffany Alston (D),  Heather Bagnall (D),  Harry Bhandari (D),  Brian Chisholm (R),  Pamela Guzzone (D),  Terri Hill (D),  Steve Johnson (D),  Ken Kerr (D),  Nic Kipke (R),  Robbyn Lewis (D),  Lesley Lopez (D),  Ashanti Martínez (D),  Matt Morgan (R),  Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D),  Teresa Reilly (R),  Sandy Rosenberg (D),  Kathy Szeliga (R),  Deni Taveras (D),  Jennifer White Holland (D),  Jamila Woods (D), 

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