Keywords:
Direct-entry Midwife
Midwife
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Colorado Division of Registrations
Midwifery Registration Office
1560 Broadway #1340
DENVER , CO 80202
(303)894-2440
Fax: (303)894-7802 |
| Direct-entry or "lay" midwives provide care to women and newborns at home throughout low-risk pregnancies and deliver mothers at home with natural childbirth. |
| Graduation from a Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC) - approved educational program is required. Apprenticeships will not automatically satisfy this requirement.
Link: http://www.meacschools.org/
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| An applicant may request a credentials review through North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)’s Portfolio Evaluation Process, or if already credentialed as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), the education requirements for registration will be deemed satisfied. |
| There are no schools in Colorado that train midwives. To learn how to become a midwife in Colorado, please contact the President of the Colorado Midwives Association.
Link: http://www.coloradomidwives.org/
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| NOTE: For Nurse Midwives, see NURSE |
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 18:49 pm