Letter to Amanda Carter from Virginia Bureau of Maternal and Child Health

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A letter from Alice S. Linyear, MD, director of the Virginia Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, to midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The two-page, typewritten letter is on Virginia Department of Health letterhead and is dated April 1, 1983. The letter announces a review of regulations for the [Licensing of Midwives] and is sending the regulations to all [currently licensed midwives and health directors who process their license renewal for written comments and/or suggested changes.]. The letter notes that copies of the current midwife regulations and the statute on which the regulations are based are enclosed. It is signed by the Director.

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