A. Fulfill the General Education Requirements
B. Complete the General Application Form 100 and 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. 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.
F. 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.