HRS §457J-5
License required
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Starting July 1, 2020, you must have a valid Hawaii midwifery license to practice midwifery or use titles like "midwife" or "licensed midwife." If you have a national midwifery certification, you can say you have it, but you cannot practice or claim to practice midwifery in Hawaii without a state license.
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The statute, as written — License required
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Beginning July 1, 2020, except as provided in this chapter, no person shall engage in the practice of midwifery, or use the title "midwife", "licensed midwife", or the abbreviation "L.M.", or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that the person is a licensed midwife without a valid license issued pursuant to this chapter. (b) Nothing in this section shall preclude a person holding a national certification as a midwife from identifying the person as holding such certification, so long as the person is not practicing midwifery or professing to be authorized to practice midwifery in the State unless that person is licensed in accordance with this chapter.
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