Please remove the Certified Nurse Midwives from this portion of the regulation.  We have been practicing safely and with excellent relationships with our collaborative physicians and practices without this restrictive language for 6 years now. 

This language is restrictive for the nature of our practice.  We do not function in the same roles as WHNP and other NP's by definition.  This regulation will unnecessarily hamper our ability to care for indigent and underserved populations in rural areas; the very areas that are already underserved by the medical community.

Please remove the Certified Nurse Midwives from this bill.