Follow-up Technical Advisory Board in the Department of Health.
"Certified-nurse midwife." An individual licensed by the
State Board of Medicine to practice midwifery under section 35
of the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the
Medical Practice Act of 1985.
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"Direct-entry midwife." An independent practitioner educated
in the discipline of midwifery through self-study,
apprenticeship, a midwifery school or a college or university-
based program distinct from the discipline of nursing. The term
includes certified professional midwives, traditional midwives,
Amish, Mennonite or Plain midwives and other specific cultural
or spiritual community-based midwives not licensed by the State
Board of Medicine as a certified-nurse midwife.
"Disease." Diseases listed by the Department of Health by
regulation which lead to [mental retardation or physical
defects] intellectual disability, physical disability or death,
including, without limitation, Phenylketonuria (PKU), maple
syrup urine disease (MSUD) and sickle-cell disease
(hemoglobinopathies).
"Health care practitioner." As the term is defined in
section 103 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known
as the Health Care Facilities Act.
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Section 2. Section 3(a), (b.1), (d) and (e) of the act are
amended to read:
Section 3. Newborn Child Screening and Follow-up Program.--
(a) In order to assist health care providers to determine
whether treatment or other services are necessary to avert
[mental retardation, permanent disabilities] intellectual
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