There is, actually. The CPM exam and certification is administered by a national agency called the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). The credential itself, and any other licensing required is then regulated by individual states.

Just for the sake of accuracy, the piece being referred to in the Times is written by a self-proclaimed anti-home birth, anti-midwife OB...it was an opinion piece, not a piece of investigative journalism by the Times. It’s inaccurate to report it as such...and misleading. Fact-checking matters...when you look at the…