First you will need to determine your Educational Category for Certification. Read all the possibilities below to see where your education fits.
Step 1: Complete NARM’s Portfolio Evaluation Process (PEP)
A. Fulfill the General Education Requirements (described in How to Become a Certified Professional Midwife).
B. Complete the General Application Form 100 and PEP Application forms.
C. Provide verification from the preceptor(s) that the applicant has achieved proficiency on each area listed on the Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Essential for Competent Practice Verification Form.
D. Submit a copy of both sides of current CPR (Adult and either Infant or Neonatal Resuscitation) Certification.
E. Provide an affidavit (notarized statement) from the preceptor(s) asserting that the applicant has developed and utilizes:
1. Practice guidelines;
2. An informed consent document;
3. Forms and handouts relating to midwifery practice;
4. An emergency care plan.
F. Provide three letters of reference (personal, professional and client). All three letters must be sent directly to NARM by the individual providing the reference, not by the applicant.
G. Pass the NARM Skills Assessment given by a NARM Qualified Evaluator (QE).
Upon fulfillment of the above requirements, the applicant will be sent a Letter of Completion of NARM’s Portfolio Evaluation Process (PEP).
Step 2: Apply for Certification.
A. Submit PEP CPM Application Checklist Form 400 (which will be sent to you with your Letter of Completion of NARM’s PEP Process).
B. Send Letter of Completion of NARM’s PEP as verification of experience and skills.
C. Pass the NARM Written Examination.
Step 1: Complete NARM’s Portfolio Evaluation Process (PEP)
A. Fulfill the General Education Requirements (described in the Instructions for Report of Clinical Experience Form 121):
Internationally Educated Midwife: The midwife who has been educated in another country must provide verification of all supportive documentation (licenses, diplomas, and certificates). Instructions and forms are included in the application packet.
Experienced Midwife: A midwife with extensive training and experience who has no supervising midwife to verify education may apply as an Experienced Midwife. Midwives in this category must have been practicing for at least five years, must have attended a minimum of 75 births as primary midwife within the past ten years, and must have attended at least ten births in the past two years.
B. Complete the General Application Form 100 and PEP Application forms.
C. Send a letter of request explaining the applicant’s special circumstances.
D. Send the best documentation possible that the applicant has fulfilled the experience and skills requirements, including any relevant certificates, diplomas, licenses, and degrees.
E. Using the instructions for Other Category on Form 201, provide a notarized, written account of how the applicant acquired the skills required for NARM Certification.
F. Submit a copy of both sides of current CPR (Adult and either Infant or Neonatal Resuscitation) Certification.
G. Provide written verification that the applicant has developed and utilizes:
1. Practice guidelines;
2. An informed consent document;
3. Forms and handouts relating to midwifery practice;
4. An emergency care plan.
H. Provide three letters of reference (personal, professional and client).
I. Pass the NARM Skills Assessment given by a NARM Qualified Evaluator (QE).
Upon fulfillment of the above requirements, the applicant will be sent a Letter of Completion of NARM’s Portfolio Evaluation Process (PEP).
Step 2: Apply for Certification.
A. Submit PEP CPM Application Checklist Form 400 (which will be sent to you with your Letter of Completion of NARM’s PEP Process).
B. Send Letter of Completion of NARM’s PEP as verification of experience and skills.
C. Pass the NARM Written Examination.
A. Fulfill the General Education Requirements
B. Complete the General Application Form 100 and all requirements on Checklist Form 130
C. Submit Continuity of Care—Practical Experience Form 200, or school forms previously approved by NARM, documenting a minimum of three (3) births with women for whom the applicant has provided primary care during at least 4 prenatal visits, birth, newborn exam and 1 postpartum exam.
D. Submit Out-of-Hospital Birth Documentation Form 204, or school forms previously approved by NARM, documenting functioning in the role of primary midwife or primary under supervision for a minimum of 10 births in home or other out-of-hospital settings.
E. Submit Document Veritifcation Form 205b.
F. Send a notarized copy of one of the following:
- original graduation certificate or diploma, or
- a final transcript with the school insignia, or
- a letter of intent of completion from the administrator of the program on school letterhead (this does not need to be notarized) The applicant is responsible for sending a notarized copy of graduation certificate, diploma or final transcript to the NARM Applications Department prior to issuance of certificate.
G. Pass the NARM Written Examination. (If you have already taken the NARM Written Examination as part of your state licensing process, you may submit evidence of having passed it, and you may subtract the examination fee you paid from the certification fees.)
Original certificates, diplomas, final transcipts or letters of intent of completion on school letterhead sent directly to NARM by the school do not need to be notarized.
MEAC graduates are expected to apply for NARM Certification within three years of graduation. If application for certification is made after this time, NARM will require documentation of ten (10) primary births, twenty-five (25) hours of continuing education, and five (5) hours of peer review within the three (3) years prior to the application submission. Form available upon request.
A. Fulfill the General Education Requirements
B. Complete the General Application Form 100 and Checklist Form 140
C. Send notarized copy of current ACC CNM/CM certificate
D. Submit Continuity of Care—Practical Experience Form 200 documenting a minimum of three (3) births with women for whom the applicant has provided primary care during at least 4 prenatal visits, birth, newborn exam and 1 postpartum exam.
E. Submit Out-of-Hospital Birth Documentation Form 204 documenting functioning in the role of primary midwife or primary under supervision for a minimum of 10 births in home or other out-of-hospital settings.
F. Pass the NARM Written Examination.
A. Fulfill the General Education Requirements
B. Complete the General Application Form 100 and Checklist Form 150
C. If you are licensed/registered in Alaska, Arizona, New Hampshire, or South Carolina, you must fill out the additional forms provided. If you are licensed/registered in Louisiana, contact NARM for additional requirements.
D. Pass the NARM Written Examination. If you have already taken the NARM Written Examination as part of your state licensing process, you may submit evidence of having passed it, and you may subtract the examination fee you paid from the certification fees. (At this time the NARM Written Examination is only given in the United States.)
A. Fulfill the General Education Requirements
B. Complete the General Application Form 100 and Checklist Form 150
C. Fill out the additional forms provided.
D. Pass the NARM Written Examination. (At this time the NARM Written Examination is only given in the United States.)