Per the MABC Rural & Remote/Isolated Community Criteria Policy, to be eligible to receive MIAF funding, midwives must fulfill each of the criteria below:
- Is an MABC registered midwife member in good standing during fiscal year being assessed.
- The community where the midwife practices is an isolated A or B Community by MABC criteria.
- The midwife provided full-scope perinatal and newborn services for a minimum of 6 months in an eligible community (or communities).
- Midwives who practice in an eligible community and reside in another eligible community will receive the Rural Isolation Allowance payment of the community in which they practice.
- Midwives who ordinarily practice in an eligible community and reside in a non-eligible community will receive the Rural Isolation Allowance Fund payment of the community in which they practice.
- Locums are not eligible for Rural Isolation Allowance payments; however, an eligible midwife may offer a portion or all the payment as part of a locum arrangement.
- Midwife must have active privileges in the community or at the nearest community hospital if no local hospital.
Additional criteria have been created to classify isolated communities as an Isolated A or B community, which will determine funding amounts, along with the length of time working in any isolated community.
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