ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LICENSED TRADITIONAL MIDWIFERY.

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 or collaborating with licensed traditional midwives appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by the Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives or its successors. Three members shall be licensed traditional midwives appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by Midwifery Now and the Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives or their successors. One member shall be a parent of a child born under the care of a licensed traditional midwife appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by Minnesota Families for Midwifery, or its successor. § Subd. 2.Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered under section 15.059. § 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. History: 1999 c 162 s 13; 2003 c 87 s 3; 2007 c 123 s 10; 2016 c 125 s 8