O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-26-1 (2019)

Definitions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) ‘‘Midwife’’ means any person not licensed under the laws of this state to practice obstetrics who is regularly engaged in attending women in childbirth or who holds himself or herself out as such, whether or not for consideration.

(2) ‘‘Normal childbirth’’ means delivery, at or close to term, of a pregnant woman whose physical examination by a physician reveals no abnormalities and who does not have signs or symptoms of hemorrhage, toxemia, infection, abnormal position or presentation, or prolonged labor.

(3) ‘‘Practice of midwifery’’ means and includes any act or practice of attending women in childbirth when engaged in by a midwife, whether or not for consideration.

History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 252, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1401, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 21, 46.

C.J.S. - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, §§ 1 et seq., 12 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1989–2014 · leading case: Dempsey v. Gwinnett Hosp. Sys., Inc., 765 S.E.2d 525 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014).
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Dempsey v. Gwinnett Hosp. Sys., Inc., 765 S.E.2d 525 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “The hospital argues that OCGA § 31-26-1 et seq., concerning the “Practice of Midwifery,” classifies midwives as a profession separate from nurses.”
Sweeney v. Athens Reg'l Med. Ctr., 709 F. Supp. 1563 (M.D. Ga. 1989). · cites it 4× “Sweeney violated several provisions of O.C.G.A. § 31-26-1 et seq., and certain midwifery regulations established by the Department of Human Resources (DHR).”
Melissa Dempsey F/K/A Melissa Watson v. Gwinnett Health Sys., Inc. D/B/A Gwinnett Med. Ctr. (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “The record shows that the 7 The hospital argues that OCGA § 31-26-1 et seq, concerning the “Practice of Midwifery,” classifies midwives as a profession separate from nurses.”
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