California AB1696 allows nurse-midwives to provide emergency services and care at Stanford Hospital and Clinics without physician supervision.
California AB1696 amends the Health and Safety Code to allow nurse-midwives to provide emergency services and care at Stanford Hospital and Clinics without physician supervision, provided they are acting within their scope of licensure. This applies to labor and delivery units, obstetric triage, or dedicated emergency obstetric evaluation units. The bill also specifies that transfers must not conflict with the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act or the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
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