MIDWIVES

Accountability, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.161, 147D.23

Adverse health care incidents, open discussion, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.685

Advisory council, Licensed Traditional Midwifery Advisory Council, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.25

Anti-racism and implicit bias training, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1461

Authority to prescribe or administer controlled substances, Minn. Statutes 2025 152.12

Certified midwifery education program

Accreditation, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.03

Approval, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.12

Certified midwives

Board-required mental or physical examination, medical data access, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.13

Certification, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.03

Certification requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.04

Cooperation. investigations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.17

Criminal sexual conduct conviction, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.13

Curriculum, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.191

Defined as practitioners, Minn. Statutes 2025 151.01

Disciplinary action

Fines and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.14

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.13

License denial, revocation, or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.14

Disciplinary records, judicial review under seal, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.18

Drug Enforcement Administration, registration with, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.09

Education programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.12

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.19

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.10

Identification and title, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.08

Injunctions, expired licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.21

Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.191, 148G.16, 148G.17

Licenses

Application requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.04

Denial or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.14

Expired licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.21

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.11

Reissuance, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.14

Renewal requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.05, 148G.06

Revocation, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.13, 148G.14

Medical assistance

Coverage, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Home birth services, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Name or address changes, notification to board, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.07

Patient records, data privacy, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.17

Prescribing drugs and therapeutic devices, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.03, 148G.09

Reports, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.15

Scope of practice, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.03

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.20

Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1461, 147D.01, 147D.21

Continuing education, certified midwives, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.19

Controlled substances, prescribing, administering, and dispensing, Minn. Statutes 2025 152.12

Criminal violations, certified midwives, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.20

Data, licensed certified midwives, investigative data, medical records, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.191

Definitions

Health care information review organization, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.61

Health services occupations, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.01

Minnesota Certified Midwife Practice Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.03

Designated support persons, midwives not counted toward limit, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.651

Directories, Minn. Statutes 2025 214.071

Disciplinary action

Disciplinary record on judicial review, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.151, 147D.23

Failure to report to board, civil penalties for, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.111

Forms of, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.141, 147D.23

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.091, 147D.23, 148G.13

Judicial review, certified midwives, record privacy, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.18

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.13

Sexual misconduct, probable cause hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.092, 147D.23

Education programs

Certified midwives

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.19

Fraudulent representations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.20

Examinations, see Licenses under this topic

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.27

Female genital mutilation, surgical procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.2245

Guardians and conservators, appointment, license suspension, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.091

Health care providers, midwives defined as, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.682

Information exchange, vaccination records, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.3351

Informed consent forms, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.07

Injunctions, certified midwives, expired licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.21

Investigations

Accountability, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.161, 147D.23

Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.131, 147D.23

Immunity, reporters and investigators, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.16

Liability, newborns or infants, hearing screening, testing, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.966

Licensed midwives (LMs), title, use and protection of, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.15

Licensed traditional midwives (LTMs), title, use and protection of, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.15

Licenses

Certified midwives

Application requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.04

Denial of license, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.06

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.19

Expired licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.21

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.11

Lapsed licenses, renewal, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.05

Notice to Nursing Board, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.06

Renewal, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.05, 148G.06

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.04

Revocation, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.13

Credentials and credentialing, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.01

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.03

Denial, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.19, 364.09

Expedited and temporary licenses, armed forces members, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.4552

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.27

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.17

Insurance fraud, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 214.106

Lapsed licenses, renewal schedule, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.17

Medical care facilities, privileges, filing, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.162, 147D.23

Medical consultation plans, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.11

Renewal cycle, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.29

Renewals, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.02, 147.162, 147D.17, 147D.23, 147D.27

Mandatory reporters

Discipline or violations

Certified midwives, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.15

Immunity, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.16

Medical assistance

Home birth services, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Payment rates, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Medical records, access, see Access to data under MEDICAL RECORDS

Minnesota Certified Midwife Practice Act

Application of law, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.02

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.01 to 148G.21

Nonresidents, certified midwives, exempt practice, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.19

North American Registry of Midwives, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.13

Nurse midwives, see NURSE MIDWIVES

Permits, see Licenses under this topic

Professional conduct, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.05

Professionals, midwives defined as, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.61

Records and record keeping

Client records, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.05

Hospital records, accountability, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.161, 147D.23

Informed consent forms, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.07

Maternal death studies, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.901

Medical consultation plans, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.11

Vaccination records, information exchange, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.3351

Reports given

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.13

Self-reporting, obligations, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.111, 147D.23

Violations, certified midwives, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.15

Scope of practice

Certified midwives, prescribing drugs and therapeutic devices, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.09

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.03

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.09

Screenings, newborns, heritable and congenital disorders, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.125

Sexual misconduct, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 147.092, 147D.23

Tests and testing, newborns, hearing screening, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.966

Titles, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.15

Traditional midwifery services, see TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES

Unauthorized services, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.03, 148G.21

Violations and penalties

Certified midwives

Failure to provide information, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.06

Fraudulent representations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.20

Criminal sexual conduct, conviction, effects, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.13

Licenses, late renewals, penalty fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.27

Reports of, certified midwives, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.15

Sexual misconduct, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.23

Titles, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 147D.15