Rules & Application to Practice in North Carolina

Nurse midwifery laws in North Carolina are available from the NC Board of Nursing. To view these laws, please visit http://www.ncbon.com/content.aspx?id=700

For nurse midwifery rules, please visit the NC Board of Nursing's page at http://www.ncbon.com/content.aspx?id=628

Application to Practice

Nurse-midwives are licensed as nurses in North Carolina and approved to practice as Certified Nurse Midwives. In order to practice nurse midwifery in North Carolina, you must receive certification from the NC Board of Nursing. The application is available from the NC Board of Nursing under Practice>APRN>CNM>Application. A copy of the file is provided here.