Bill 25: An Act to Amend the Midwifery Act

This bill primarily affects registered midwives and midwifery clinics or practices operating in New Brunswick. If you run a midwifery practice or work as a midwife or student midwife in the province, your day-to-day work — attending births, providing prenatal and postpartum care, and supervising student placements — is now governed under updated registration categories and scope-of-practice rules. Employers and agencies that hire midwives or student midwives will need to verify that workers hold the correct category of registration (active, temporary, roster, or student) and check compliance at least annually. The changes also affect midwifery education programs by formally recognizing student midwives as a registered class under the Act.