Section 225 ILCS 64/85 - [Section Scheduled to Repealed 1/1/2027] Prohibited practices(a) A licensed certified professional midwife may not do any of the following: (1) administer prescription pharmacological agents intended to induce or augment labor;(2) administer prescription pharmacological agents to provide pain management;(3) use vacuum extractors or forceps;(4) prescribe medications;(5) provide out-of-hospital care to a childbearing individual who has had a previous cesarean section;(6) perform abortions or surgical procedures, including, but not limited to, cesarean sections and circumcisions, except for an emergency episiotomy;(7) knowingly accept responsibility for prenatal or intrapartum care of a client with any of the following risk factors: (A) chronic significant maternal cardiac, pulmonary, renal, or hepatic disease;(B) malignant disease in an active phase;(C) significant hematological disorders, coagulopathies, or pulmonary embolism;(D) insulin requiring diabetes mellitus;(E) known maternal congenital abnormalities affecting childbirth;(F) confirmed isoimmunization, Rh disease with positive titer;(H) active syphilis or gonorrhea;(I) active genital herpes infection 2 weeks prior to labor or in labor;(J) pelvic or uterine abnormalities affecting normal vaginal births, including tumors and malformations;(K) alcoholism or alcohol abuse;(L) drug addiction or abuse; or(M) confirmed AIDS status.(b) A licensed certified professional midwife shall not administer Schedule II through IV controlled substances. Subject to a prescription by a health care professional, Schedule V controlled substances may be administered by licensed certified professional midwives.Added by P.A. 102-0683,§ 85, eff. 10/1/2022.