§ 148G.17 — Certified Midwife Cooperation
Plain-Language Summary
This section requires certified midwives who are under investigation by the board to cooperate fully with the investigation. This includes answering all questions, providing copies of patient records, and appearing at hearings when required. Failure to cooperate is itself grounds for disciplinary action. The board must pay for the cost of copying records it requests.
148G.17 CERTIFIED MIDWIFE COOPERATION.
A certified midwife who is the subject of an investigation by or on behalf of the board must cooperate fully with the investigation. Cooperation includes responding fully and promptly to any question raised by or on behalf of the board relating to the subject of the investigation and providing copies of patient or other records in the certified midwife’s possession, as reasonably requested by the board, to assist the board in its investigation and to appear at conferences and hearings scheduled by the board. The board must pay for copies requested. If the board does not have written consent from a patient permitting access to the patient’s records, the certified midwife must delete any data in the record that identify the patient before providing it to the board. The board must maintain any records obtained pursuant to this section as investigative data under chapter 13. The certified midwife must not be excused from giving testimony or producing any documents, books, records, or correspondence on the grounds of self-incrimination, but the testimony or evidence must not be used against the certified midwife in any criminal case.
History:
History: History:
1Sp2025 c 3 art 3 s 100