A licensed certified professional midwife shall adhere to the following scope and practice standards when providing antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care. The following are conditions for which a licensed professional midwife may not provide care for a client:
(1) A current or unresolved previous history of any of the following disorders, diagnoses, conditions, or symptoms: (a) Placental abnormality: (1) Confirmed central placenta previa at term;(2) Signs indicative of placental abruption;(3) Placenta located over previous uterine scar;(b) Regular alcohol use or drug use, abuse, or dependency;(d) Diabetes requiring medication, including gestational diabetes and Type II diabetes;(e) Noncephalic presentation at the onset of labor or rupture of membranes, whichever occurs first, unless birth is imminent;(f) Birth under thirty-seven (37) weeks or after forty-two (42) weeks gestational age;(g) Current renal disease;(h) Current liver disease;(k) Severe uncontrolled asthma;(l) Seizure disorder requiring medication;(m) Systemic lupus or scleroderma;(n) Acute or chronic hepatitis;(o) Congenital defects of the reproductive organs that would interfere with the birthing process;(p) Chronic/essential hypertension;(q) Gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia(r) Rh negative disease as indicated by positive titers;(s) TORCH infection including toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, parvovirus, and varicella and other infections including syphilis, active genital herpes, listeria, and zika during the first trimester;(u) Suspected or diagnosed congenital fetal anomaly that may require immediate medical care after birth;(v) Hemoglobin less than 10 at 36 weeks;(w) Preterm labor: less than 37 weeks;(x) Any acute infection at the time of delivery that would put the newborn at risk of becoming very sick;(y) Diagnosed intrauterine growth restriction;(2) A past history of any of the following disorders, diagnoses, conditions, or symptoms; (a) More than one (1) prior cesarean section with no history of a vaginal birth, a cesarean section within eighteen (18) months of the current delivery, or any cesarean section that was surgically closed with a classical or vertical uterine incision;(b) Rh or other blood group or platelet sensitization, hematological or coagulation disorders including thrombocytopenia (platelets less than 150,000);(3) Failure to obtain basic prenatal lab work, including blood group type, RH antibody screening, hemoglobin, syphilis, HIV, and Hepatitis B around 28 weeks gestation;(4) Unwillingness to accept midwifes limitations, prohibitions, and responsibilities for safe practice;(5) Unresolved fearfulness regarding home birth or midwife care, or otherwise desires transfer of care; or(6) Any other condition which may preclude the possibility of a normal birth, at the midwifes discretion.S.D. Admin. R. 20:86:03:01
Recodified from § 20:85:03:01 45 SDR 035, effective 9/19/2018General Authority: SDCL 36-9C-32(2)
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-9C-13