MN SF1743

Establishes licensure for certified midwives under the Minnesota Board of Nursing by creating chapter 148G of Minnesota Statutes.

Requires certified midwife applicants to hold current national certification from the American Midwifery Certification Board, complete an accredited graduate-level midwifery program with clinical experience, and pass a background check.

Grants licensed certified midwives authority to diagnose and treat women's primary health care including pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, gynecological care, and to prescribe pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies within their scope of practice.

Establishes disciplinary grounds and procedures for the Board of Nursing to deny, suspend, revoke, or limit licenses, including automatic license revocation for felony-level criminal sexual offense convictions on or after August 1, 2014.

Defines criminal penalties as gross misdemeanor violations for unlicensed practice of certified midwifery, practicing with a suspended or revoked license, or using the title certified midwife without licensure.