Midwifery Public Consultation Paper
The Department of Health & Social Services is undertaking a public
consultation to determine whether to regulate the practice of
midwifery under the Yukon Health Professions Act.
This paper is divided into four sections:
1. Midwifery practice;
2. Understanding health profession regulation;
3. Weighing the Options; and
4. Individual/ group comments
It is important to acknowledge that midwifery practice has existed
throughout the world for millennia. Furthermore, midwifery currently
exists in both a traditional sphere and as part of the modern health
care systems, providing maternal and newborn support to women in
Canada and internationally. This consultation and discussion is
focused on the role of a midwife as a health care provider in Yukon.
This paper provides an overview of the issues specific to midwifery to
assist public comment on whether it should be regulated. The
consultation and supporting documents do not address details
pertaining to the specific content of regulation nor do they address
the issue of funding midwifery services as part of the Yukon Health
Care plan.
Written comments can be sent to the following address by Friday April 30, 2010:
Department of Health and Social Services (H-1)
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
Email diane.billingsley@gov.yk.ca
Telephone (867) 456-6746
