§ 6955. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as a midwife, an applicant shall fulfill the following
requirements:

1. Application: file an application with the department.

2. Education: satisfactorily;

(a) complete educational preparation (degree or diploma granting) for
the practice of nursing, followed by or concurrently with educational
preparation for the practice of midwifery in accordance with the
commissioner's regulations, or

(b) submit evidence of license or certification, the educational
preparation for which is determined by the department to be equivalent
to the foregoing, from any state or country, satisfactory to the
department and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, or

(c) complete a program determined by the department to be equivalent
to the foregoing and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.

3. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the department and
in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.

4. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age.

5. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department.

6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States.

7. Fee: pay a fee of one hundred ninety dollars to the department for
admission to a department conducted examination for an initial license,
a fee of one hundred dollars for each re-examination, a fee of one
hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring
admission to a department conducted examination, a fee of one hundred
eighty dollars for each triennial registration period and a fee of
seventy dollars for a limited permit.