How You, as a Licensed Midwife, Can Become a CPM

There is a very streamlined and inexpensive process for state-credentialed midwives to become CPMs!

Here is the process:

1. Visit the NARM website at www.narm.org.
   
   
2. In the top right, click on Equivalency Applicants. Scroll down to click Licensed Midwife in Approved States. Many states now require or accept the CPM for state licensure. Other states have a specific licensure application process that requires the NARM exam but not the full CPM credential. Midwives who hold a license from states that have been evaluated for educational equivalency may apply for a CPM after passing the NARM exam. Those states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington. Some of these states have extra documentation forms that must be filled out.
   
   
3. You are eligible for this streamlined process if you have a current license from one of the approved states and passed the NARM exam after 1995. Order a $50 application from by clicking Application & CIB Packet Purchase, or click Download Application Files -- Licensed in Approved States and include a $25 administrative fee upon submission.
   
   
4. The cost of becoming a CPM will be the difference between what you paid to take the NARM exam and the current fee ($700) plus a $50 application fee for purchased packets or a $25 administrative fee upon submission of documents downloaded free of charge. If you paid $700 to take the exam, no further fees will be required for the CPM certification.

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