2004 Minnesota Statutes

     147D.25 Advisory Council on Licensed Traditional 
  Midwifery. 

    Subdivision 1.    Membership.  The board shall appoint a 
 five-member Advisory Council on Licensed Traditional Midwifery.  
 One member shall be a licensed physician who has been or is 
 currently consulting with licensed traditional midwives, 
 appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by the 
 Minnesota Medical Association.  Three members shall be licensed 
 traditional midwives appointed from a list of names submitted to 
 the board by Midwifery Now.  One member shall be a homebirth 
 parent appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by 
 Minnesota Families for Midwifery.  

    Subd. 2.    Organization.  The advisory council shall be 
 organized and administered under section 15.059.  The council 
 expires June 30, 2007.  

    Subd. 3.    Duties.  The advisory council shall: 

    (1) advise the board regarding standards for licensed 
 traditional midwives; 

    (2) provide for distribution of information regarding 
 licensed traditional midwifery practice standards; 

    (3) advise the board on enforcement of this chapter; 

    (4) review applications and recommend granting or denying 
 licensure or license renewal; 

    (5) advise the board on issues related to receiving and 
 investigating complaints, conducting hearings, and imposing 
 disciplinary action in relation to complaints against licensed 
 traditional midwives; 

    (6) advise the board regarding approval of continuing 
 education programs using the criteria in section 147D.21, 
 subdivision 2; 

    (7) recommend alternate accrediting and credentialing 
 organizations or agencies to the board; and 

    (8) perform other duties authorized for advisory councils 
 by chapter 214, as directed by the board. 

    HIST: 1999 c 162 s 13; 2003 c 87 s 3