Welcome to the Ohio Midwives Alliance Legislative Initiative

Families have been giving birth in out-of-hospital settings, with midwives providing their care, throughout Ohio history. Currently, there is no legal recognition for direct-entry midwives who service families in the out-of-hospital setting. The Ohio Midwives Alliance (OMA) would like the State of Ohio to recognize the practice of Certified Professional Midwives (CPM’s) by supporting our future legislation to license CPM’s in Ohio. CPM’s are the only midwives that have out-of-hospital training as an educational requirement for certification. Twenty-two other states use the CPM certification as a standard for licensure.  The CPM certification has been accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accrediting body of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA). The mission of the NOCA is to promote excellence in competency assurance for practitioners in all occupations and professions.  Their accrediting body, NCCA was created in 1987 by NOCA as a commission whose mission is to help ensure the health, welfare, and safety of the public through the accreditation of a variety of certification programs or organizations that assess professional competence. Many of the credentialing programs certified by NCCA are in health related fields, such as the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and American College of Nurse-Midwives Certification Council.

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