CPMs and State Licensure: Finding New Ways Forward in Today’s Environment

October 6, 2016

The webinar covered how Certified Professional Midwives are discovering new opportunities for state licensure and building interesting new relationships with professional colleagues and policymakers. Find out where they are in the legislative process and what they are learning. There are numerous challenges encountered in any legislative effort but new allies and better relationships are making a difference! This is an opportunity to think about what the implications might be for midwives in your state.

Ellie Daniels, CPM, NACPM Board President, addressed how CPMs in Maine participated in a broad-based consensus-building process to achieve state licensure in 2016 and how their creative problem-solving has set the stage for future collaboration among maternity care providers.

Aundria Radmacher, CPM, talked about building a coalition of stakeholders from broad political backgrounds in Kentucky, how to engage supporters and the difference between a professional led organization and a consumer led organization.

Barbara Belcore-Walkden, CD, CPM, LM is the President of the Illinois Council of Certified Professional Midwives. She shared from her experience working on state legislation in Illinois and how CPMs are incorporating the language agreed upon by the US MERA collaboration