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For midwives

​​Practice and ethics standards set out requirements related to specific aspects of midwives’ practice. They link with other standards, policies, and bylaws of the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives and all legislation relevant to nursing pr​​actice. Midwives practise in a culturally safe manner, respecting Indigenous Peoples and diverse communities, and work to eliminate discrimination and systemic barriers in health care.​​​​​​​​

​​Ethics and practice standards​

Effective April 1, 2026, all ethics and practice standards, and any amendments to​ them, are made a bylaw under the authority of the Health Professions and Occupations Act, B.C.

​​​Ethics​​ standa​rds​​​

Standard Title
LEARNING​ Resources
In Effect​ 

Nurses & Midwives: ​​​​​Indigenous Cultura​l​ Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-racism 

View PDF​​​​ [4 pages | 143 KB]​​​​​​​​​​


​​​April 1, 2026​​

Midwives: Code of Ethics

View​​ PDF [3​ pages | 89 KB]​

​​April 1, 2026​

​M​idwives: Boundaries in the Midwife-Client Relationship

View​​ PDF​ [3 pages | 163 KB]​​​

​April 1, 2026

Midwives: I​​nformed Choice

View PDF​​​​​​ [1 page | 120 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

​​April 1, 2026

​Midwives: Professional Standards​

View​​ PDF [4 pages | 1,248 KB]​​​​

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​​April 1, 2026​

​M​idwives:  Requests for ​​Care Outside Standards

​​View PDF​​​​​​ [3 pages | 107 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

​​April 1, 2026​

​Midwives: Termination of Ca​​re

View PDF​​​​​​ [2 pages | 79 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​

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​​April 1, 2026

​Practice st​​​andards​​​

Title
LEARNING​ Resources
In Effect

​​​​​Midwives: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

View PDF​​​​​​ [1 pages | 83 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​

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​​April 1, 2026​

​Midw​​ives: Consultation, Referral, and Transfer​ of Care

View PDF [2 pages | 131 KB]​​​​

​​April 1, 2026​

​Midwives: Home & Communi​ty​ Birth

​​View PDF [2 pages | 120 KB]​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​

​Mid​​wives: Hospital Privileges

View PDF​​​​​​ [2 pages | 78​9 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​​

​Midw​​ives: Medical Records

View PDF​​​​​​ [4 pages | 14​​4 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​​

​​April 1, 2026​​

​Midwives: ​​Medications and Substances​​​​​  ​​

View PDF [15 pages | 310 KB]​​​

​April 1, 2026​

Midwives: Postpartum Care

View PDF​​​​​​ [2 pages | 77 KB]​​​​​​​​

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April 1, 2026

​​​​Midwives: Practice Protoco​​ls 

View PDF​​​​​​ [2 pages | 116 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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April 1, 2026

​​Midwives: Preventing Transmission of Blood-borne Viruses​​

View PDF​​​​​​​ [2 pages | 661 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

April 1, 2026

​Midwives: P​rivacy & Confidentiality

View PDF​​​​​​​ [2 pages | 661 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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​April 1, 2026

​Midwives: Regulatory Supervi​sion of Students​

View PDF​​​​​​​ [2 pages​ | 661 KB]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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​April 1, 2026

​Midwives: Screening ​and Diagnostic Tests & Imaging​​​ ​

View PDF [2​ pages | 1,234 KB]​​

​​April 1, 2026​

​Certified Midwive​s: Acupuncture

View PDF​ [2​ pages | 168 KB]​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​

​Certified Midwives: ​​Epidural Maintenance

View PDF​ [2​ pages | 141 KB]​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​

​Certified Midwives: Hormonal Con​​traceptive Therapy

View PDF​ [2​ pages | 170 KB]​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​

​Certified Midwives: Induction and Augmentation​ of Labour

View PDF [3​ pages | 629 KB]​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​

​Certified Midwives: Intrauterine ​Contraception Insertion

View PDF​ [2​ pages | 169 KB]​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​

​Certified Midwives: Sexually Transm​itted Infections Management

View PDF​ [2​ pages | 161 KB]​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​

​Certified Midwives: Surgical First Assist for Ce​sarean Section

View PDF​ [2​ pages | 176 KB]​​​​

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​​​April 1, 2026​
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