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Direct-Entry Midwifery Legal Status, US by State, April 25, 2007

This dataset was created from a table provided by the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) and the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM, which was found on about.com. The data describe the status and legality of Direct-Entry Midwifery in the US. Direct-Entry Midwives usually attend home births therefor their legal status is informative of the ability of home births to occur without legal punishment.

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
Regulated (leter) Text column (no statistics available)

Licensure(L)

Certification(C)

Registration(R)

Permit(P)

Not Regulated

Regulated (type of certification) 0 - 4 0.00 0.65 0.87

Regulated (type of certification)

Licensure(L) 1

Certification(C) 2

Registration(R) 3

Permit(P) 4

Not Regulated 0

Sub Region Text column (no statistics available)

Sub Region

Prohibited by Statute, judicial Interpretation, or Stricture of Practice 0 - 1 0.00 0.22 0.42

Prohibited by Statute, judicial Interpretation, or Stricture of Practice

(1=yes 0=no)

Credential Text column (no statistics available)

Type of Credential needed for practice

State Text column (no statistics available)

State

Medicaid Reimbursement 0 - 1 0.00 0.18 0.39

Medicaid Reimbursement for services

Legal by Statute, but Licensure Unavailable 0 - 1 0.00 0.04 0.20

Legal by Statute, but Licensure Unavailable (1-yes, 0=no)

Not legally regulated, but not prohibited 0 - 1 0.00 0.08 0.27

Not legally regulated, but not prohibited

(1=yes 0=no)

Legal by Judicial Interpretation or statutory Inference 0 - 1 0.00 0.20 0.40

Legal by Judicial Interpretation or statutory Inference (1=yes, 0=no)

State Name Text column (no statistics available)

State Name

Regulated, Coded 1 - 5 2.00 2.33 1.61

Regulated 1

Legal by Judicial Interpretation or statutory Inference 2

Not legally regulated, but not prohibited 3

Legal by Statute, but Licensure Unavailablle 4

Prohibited by Statute, judicial Interpretation, or Stricture of Practice 5