Archive on Correspondence on Community-based Midwifery Practice,  Licensing & Regulation in California
Medical Board of California		Stanford Medical Center
	Denali National Park, Alaska 2000

 

Correspondence with the 
Medical Board of California & 
California Medical Association 

Correspondence with Vonnie Gurin, California Medical Association , 1994

Written Testimony MBC-DOL Public Hearing on Reg. 1379.21 opposition to a written supervisory agreement between licensed midwives and physicians

Documentation (synopsis) submitted with testimony for Public Hearing on Reg. 1379.21

MBC-Midwifery Committee Meeting #3, June 6, 1994 Tape 1-b (Dr. Shelly Scalla, Tape 2 -a (Senator Killea), Tape 2-b (Judge Cologne)

MBC-Midwifery Implementation Committee Meeting #6-- September 94 (Nancy Chavez, Anitia Scuri, JD)

Statement of Problem and Proposal for Amendment of LMPA - Replace "supervision" with "collaboration"

Letter to Dr. Friedman on physician supervison subsequent to the May 1997 Medical Board meeting of the Division of Licensing

Dr Schumacher, neonatologist, response to negative comments on home-based midwifery care

Dr Joas, Chairman of the Midwifery Licensing Committee

Request for MBC quarterly meeting to be broadcast on cable

Deputy Dir. Doug Laue, Citizen Oversight -- and requesting increased use of Public Letters of Reprimand, 1995

A Balanced Approach to Medical Board Discipline/
More Appropriate and more Frequent Use of Letters Public Reprimand 

List of 15 Recommendations for Medical Board Oversight (requiring written practice protocols between midwives and physician supervisors)

Jay DeFuria -- Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee , 1997

Attorney Steve Keller, regarding the prosecution of midwives by the MBC

Correspondance with 
Stanford University Hospital 
ACOG, CAOG, AWOHONN
 Atena Insurance & others

Request to Stanford Women's Clinic for back-up, domino care

Correspondence with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

   Letter from the California College of Midwives to 
California Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologist 
Re: Liable Suit against OBs for false claims   

 Aetna US Healthcare Denies Coverage for Home-based Birth Services, 
terminates CNM for providing domiciliary midwifery care
--  ACDM letter to Aetna in reponse

Correspondance with AWHONN ~ -- regarding direct-entry midwives
Assoc of Women's Health, Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses

  Policy Changes  from the   Office of Vital Records 
regarding the birth registration by midwives of  babies born at home total documents - 6 - cover letter, policy-setting letter,
Packets A, B, C and affidavitt