California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 6 — NursingArticle 2.5 — Nurse-MidwivesSection 2746.6
(a) The board shall not suspend or revoke a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery solely for performing an abortion if the holder performed the abortion in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Reproductive Privacy Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 123460) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code).
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 141, 480, 490, and 2761, the board shall not deny an application for certification as a certified nurse-midwife, or suspend, revoke, or otherwise impose discipline upon a person certified in this state to practice nurse-midwifery under either of the following circumstances:
(1) The person is licensed or certified to practice nurse-midwifery in another state and was disciplined in that state solely for performing an abortion in that state.
(2) The person is licensed or certified to practice nurse-midwifery in another state and was convicted in that state for an offense related solely to the performance of an abortion in that state.
Notes
Bars the board from suspending or revoking a nurse-midwifery certificate solely for an abortion performed in compliance with the chapter and the referenced reproductive-privacy law. Bars denial or discipline based solely on another state's discipline or conviction of a certified nurse-midwife for performing an abortion in that state.
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