147D.25 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LICENSED TRADITIONAL MIDWIFERY.

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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.