Working in child and maternal health for twenty years, and as a Certified Nurse Midwife for the past five, Libby Mollard has much experience — but she doesn’t have full practice authority. LB676 would change that.
“Certified Nurse Midwives would be able to open businesses and practice independently with their own license, as opposed to having to have a physician’s agreement or approval. One of the reasons that needs to go away is that we’re not necessarily seeing a lot of physicians wanting or willing to sign these and it seems to be a bit of control of the market,” says Mollard, President of the Nebraska Certified Nurse Midwives.
Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM’s), and Certified Professional Midwives (CPM’s) are both midwifery credentials.