HF 3699 Summary

• Establishes Minnesota Certified Midwife Practice Act (chapter 148G) administered by the Minnesota Board of Nursing, creating licensure requirements for certified midwives separate from traditional midwifery regulations.

• Requires applicants to hold current national certification from American Midwifery Certification Board, complete an accredited graduate-level midwifery program with specific coursework in physiology, health assessment, and pharmacology, and have no encumbered credentials.

• Authorizes licensed certified midwives to diagnose, prescribe medications and medical devices, perform diagnostic studies, provide health counseling, and manage women's primary health care including pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and gynecological care.

• Establishes grounds for disciplinary action including fraud, unprofessional conduct, failure to maintain standards, sexual misconduct, and criminal convictions, with penalties ranging from license denial to suspension, revocation, civil penalties up to $10,000, and mandatory supervision requirements.

• Provides criminal penalties for unlicensed certified midwifery practice, fraudulent credentialing, and unauthorized use of the "certified midwife" title, making violations gross misdemeanors punishable by law.