(225 ILCS 64/85)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 85. Prohibited practices. (a) A licensed certified professional midwife may not do any of the following: (1) administer prescription pharmacological agents |
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(2) administer prescription pharmacological agents to
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(3) use vacuum extractors or forceps;
(4) prescribe medications;
(5) provide out-of-hospital care to a childbearing
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| individual who has had a previous cesarean section;
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(6) perform abortions or surgical procedures,
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| including, but not limited to, cesarean sections and circumcisions, except for an emergency episiotomy;
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(7) knowingly accept responsibility for prenatal or
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| intrapartum care of a client with any of the following risk factors:
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(A) chronic significant maternal cardiac,
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| pulmonary, renal, or hepatic disease;
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(B) malignant disease in an active phase;
(C) significant hematological disorders,
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| coagulopathies, or pulmonary embolism;
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(D) insulin requiring diabetes mellitus;
(E) known maternal congenital abnormalities
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(F) confirmed isoimmunization, Rh disease with
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(G) active tuberculosis;
(H) active syphilis or gonorrhea;
(I) active genital herpes infection 2 weeks prior
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(J) pelvic or uterine abnormalities affecting
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| normal vaginal births, including tumors and malformations;
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(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.
(Source: P.A. 102-683, eff. 10-1-22 .)
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