2025 Session Last amended: 2024 session

§ 147D.09 — Limitations of Practice

Plain-Language Summary

This section sets limits on what traditional midwives can do. It identifies situations where a midwife must transfer care to a physician or hospital, such as high-risk pregnancies.

147D.09 LIMITATIONS OF PRACTICE.

(a) A licensed traditional midwife shall not prescribe, dispense, or administer prescription drugs, except as permitted under paragraph (b).

(b) A licensed traditional midwife may obtain, possess, and administer vitamin K either orally or through intramuscular injection, maternal RhoGAM treatment, postpartum antihemorrhagic drugs under emergency situations, local anesthetic, oxygen, and a prophylactic eye agent to the newborn infant.

(c) A licensed traditional midwife shall not perform any operative or surgical procedures except for suture repair of first- or second-degree perineal lacerations.

History:

1999 c 162 s 5; 2016 c 125 s 6; 2024 c 77 s 1

History: History: 1999 c 162 s 5; 2016 c 125 s 6; 2024 c 77 s 1

Practical Notes

Traditional midwives have limits on their scope of practice. For high-risk pregnancies or complications, the midwife must transfer your care to a doctor or hospital.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes