a birth practitioner who is licensed by the State of Montana and is board-certified by the Alternative Health Care Board of Montana

an independent practitioner educated in the discipline of midwifery through self-study, apprenticeship, a midwifery school, or a college- or university-based program distinct from the discipline of nursing

a person who does not have any training as a nurse, only as a midwife

a specialist in birth outside of the hospital, particularly at home and at birth centers

A general term which applies to all midwives who obtained their midwifery education directly, without first obtaining a nursing education. Direct-entry midwives are educated in the discipline of midwifery through self-study, apprenticeship, a midwifery school, or a college/university program distinct from the discipline of nursing.