Policy on Inactive Status
Developed by the NARM Board April 6, 2003

In order be put on inactive status, a CPM must:

  • declare inactive status within 90 days of expiration date;
  • submit $35 each year to continue inactive status.

Midwives who are listed as inactive:

  • will receive CPM News and other NARM mailouts;
  • are bound to all policies regarding Peer Review and the Grievance Mechanism.
  • may NOT identify themselves as a CPM;

There will be a two certification cycles, or six years limit, at which time inactive status will become expired unless the midwife submits the required information to become recertified.

Within the six year period of inactivity, the CPM may become recertified at any time by paying the $150 recertification fee, and submitting the Recertification Application and requirements for one recertification cycle (thirty contact hours, including five hours of peer review) from any of the categories defined in the Recertification Application.

The CPM's name will not be given to prospective clients. Inquiries about the status of a midwife will be answered that the CPM has been certified but is currently inactive.

Expired CPMs

A CPM will be considered expired if she/he is more than 90 days past recertification deadline without declaring inactive status.

Recertification after Expired Status

Should an expired CPM decide to reactivate certification she/he will be required to:

  • attend five births;
  • fill out and submit the Recertification after Expiration Form;
  • submit evidence of 30 contact hours, including 5 hours of peer review as defined in the Reactivation packet;
  • meet reactivation requirements, including currency*, peer review, CPR, and CEUs;
  • submit Reactivation fee (includes exam).

*The births and the contact hours must have occurred within five years of reapplication.

To recertify from an expired status, the midwife will be required to retake the NARM Written Examination. The NARM Written Examination will be scheduled after the application is received. The fee for reactivation, including the Written Examination, will be the current CPM application fee.

Click here for a pdf file of the Inactive Application Form.

Click here for a pdf file of the Recertification after Expiration Form.