Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Required
All applicants shall: Be at least 21 years old; Be required to demonstrate United States citizenship or legal presence; Hold current unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse (RN) in Alabama; Graduate from a nurse midwifery program approved by the Accreditation Commission Midwifery Education (ACME) Of the American College of Nurse Midwives; Hold a master’s or higher degree in nursing; the Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN) may waive this requirement; Hold current certification as a nurse midwife by the American Midwifery Certification Board; Enrollment in the American College of Nurse Midwives Continuing Competency Assessment Program; Apply for approval of collaborative practice with a duly licensed physician actively engaged in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Registry
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Alabama Board of Nursing
- Address
- P.O. Box 303900 Montgomery, AL 36130
- Phone
- (334) 293-5200
- Agency website
- https://www.abn.alabama.gov/
- Licence page
- www.abn.alabama.gov
- Last updated
- October 31, 2020
Occupations (O*NET)
- Midwife 29-1161.00
- Midwife 29-9021.00
- Midwife 29-9093.00
- Nurse Midwife 29-9099.00
- Midwife 29-9099.01
Source and verification
This record is Alabama's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Alabama Board of Nursing — see the issuing body section above.
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