Traditional Childbirth Arts (TCBA) is an international educative organization that focuses on birth work. Our mission is to provide exceptional education and support to aspiring birth-workers as well as continued education to existing birth professionals. 
TCBA shall not be held liable for the practices and behaviors of individual students or certified doulas, birth-workers and encapsulation specialists that complete TCBA courses. We are solely an education provider furnishing a certificate upon completion. Each student/doula/homebirth specialist, postpartum specialist, encapsulation specialist is an independently owned and operated practice. Some may work for/with an agency or in some cases, for a hospital.

Standards of Practice
A doula is a person knowledgeable in pregnancy/childbirth/postpartum who provides nonclinical continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the birthing family before, during and just after childbirth. Professional doulas are aware of the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of a birthing and postpartum woman/person . A doula's mindset is that pregnancy and birth are normal, natural, and healthy processes. This includes preparation for birth, helping the birthing individual with continuous support, comfort measures, relaxation techniques, as well as support after childbirth, such as help with breastfeeding resources and postpartum care.
A Traditional Childbirth Arts certified hospital doula is taught to offer support for the family in the hospital or a birth center. They serve as an advocate, labor coach, and an informative resource for birthing/postpartum individuals and their partner. They are also a liaison for the birthing person and their care staff, spouse or partner, family, and visitors.
What a TCBA Hospital Doula Does Not Do
Medical/clinical tasks: A doula does not take blood pressure, check fetal heart tones, assess body temperature, or perform internal exams.
Give medical advice 
Make decisions for their clients 
Replace partners or other family members 
Interfere with or obstruct medical care 
Speak over their clients
Push their own birth ideals onto a birthing/postpartum person
Code of Ethics
 A TCBA doula shall:
Center the best interest of their clients over all else
Respect the privacy of their clients and hold all information about said client in confidentiality.
Uphold all agreements. If the doula is unable to fulfill an agreement, they shall make every effort to arrange other services  
Be reliable
Demonstrate professionalism
Uphold and advance the wisdom, values and ethics of doula work
Respect cultural differences
Contiguously expand on education to stay up to date with the latest evidence based information  
 
If a student/certified doula acts in a manner that brings the professional ethics, standards and practices of a TCBA professional in question, via fraud, abuse or practicing outside of the scope of practice, they will be removed from the program, with no refunds offered, or certification will be revoked. Revoking a certification can be caused by fraudulently doing course work, professional work or any cases of professional abuse of skills, power, etc. 
Filing a Grievance
Any individual or institution may submit a grievance against the conduct of a TCBA hospital doula. Internal grievances can also be filed without involving a third party. However, anonymous grievances  or those lacking evidence will not undergo investigation. The complainant will be informed of the determined next steps within 30 days of submitting their written statement. The grievance will be duly recorded.
Upon receipt of a grievance, the student or doula involved will be notified, and they will be offered a peer review with experienced doulas, whether or not they are certified with TCBA. Doulas are given 10 days to provide a response. TCBA may request additional information from the grievant.
Possible actions, depending on the council’s discernment, include:
1. Taking no action
2. Counseling the student/doula as deemed necessary
3. Revoking certification or student enrollment

Fill out the form below. Please be sure to  Include the following details:
Your name
Your relationship to the student/doula
Student/doula name
Date of occurrence
A detailed account of the complaint
Your phone number