LAC 46:XLV.2339. Apprentice Permits

A. An apprentice permit authorizes the permit holder to obtain the practical experience required for licensure under the supervision of a physician, certified nurse-midwife, or licensed midwife. B. An apprentice permit shall be issued by the board to an applicant who possesses all of the qualifications for licensure as a licensed midwife specified by §2307.A.1-3 of these rules and who submits to the board, on a form furnished or approved by the board, written verification of a contractual relationship with a physician, certified nurse-midwife, or licensed midwife who shall assume responsibility for instructing and supervising the apprentice in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Chapter and of Chapter 53 of these rules. C. A senior apprentice permit shall be issued by the board to an applicant who: 1. possesses an apprentice permit; 2. provides documentation satisfactory to the board that he or she has clinical experience equivalent to not less than one-half of the experience prescribed by §2357 of these rules; and 3. causes to be submitted to the board the written certification and opinion of the applicant's supervising physician, certified nurse-midwife, or licensed midwife that the applicant has obtained sufficient theory and supervised clinical experience under the supervision of the midwifery instructor to permit general, rather than direct, supervision of the applicant's continuing clinical experience. D. An apprentice permit shall expire and become null and void on any date that the apprentice's relationship with his or her supervising physician, certified nurse-midwife, or licensed midwife is terminated.