CHAPTER 679

An Act to amend and reenact § 82-329 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to permits required of midwives.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

4 That § 82-329 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 32-329. Each midwife shall upon registration be given without
cost a permit to practice her profession from the State * Director of the
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health of the State Department of Health,
countersigned by the medical director of the local health department and
by the local registrar. This permit may be revoked by the * Director of
the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health upon evidence that the midwife
has failed to comply with the law in the report of births, or to obey the
sanitary rules of the State Board of Health governing midwives. Any
person who practices the profession of midwife for pay without a permit
shall be subject to a fine of from one to ten dollars for such offense.