Brief Description: The Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives proposes to update various regulations addressing apprentice permit, supervised clinical experience, renewal requirements, prenatal care, intrapartum care, permitted practices, emergency practices, medications, emergency transport plan, and peer review, and also establishing a scope of practice requirements.
The Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives (Board) proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 14, of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with review of an apprentice permit application, scope of practice, supervised clinical experience requirements, renewal requirements, prenatal care, intrapartum care, permitted practices, medications, emergency practices, emergency transport plan, and peer review, including the following:
- 12 AAC 14.130, Review of an apprentice direct-entry midwife permit application, is proposed to be changed to alter the requirements for obtaining a permit to practice as an apprentice direct-entry midwife.
- 12 AAC 14.150, Scope of practice, is a proposed new section that establishes scope of practice requirements for a certified direct-entry midwife.
- 12 AAC 14.210, Supervised clinical experience requirements, is proposed to be changed to alter the supervised clinical experience requirements.
- 12 AAC 14.400, Certification renewal requirements, is proposed to be changed to alter the renewal requirements for certified direct-entry midwives.
- 12 AAC 14.500, Prenatal care, is proposed to be changed to alter the requirements for prenatal care by a certified direct-entry midwife.
- 12 AAC 14.510, Intrapartum care, is proposed to be changed to alter the requirements for intrapartum care performed by a certified direct-entry midwife.
- 12 AAC 14.560, Permitted practices, is proposed to be changed by adding episiotomy to permitted practices by a certified direct-entry midwife.
- 12 AAC 14.570, Medications, is proposed to be changed to alter the medication requirements administration by a certified direct-entry midwife.
- 12 AAC 14.600, Emergency practices, is proposed to be changed to alter the actions that certified direct-entry midwives may take in an emergency.
- 12 AAC 14.610, Emergency transport plan, is proposed to update the authority citation.
- 12 AAC 14.900, Peer review, is proposed to be changed to alter the provisions related to peer review.
This is a SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE adding to the NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES that was issued on September 14, 2015, concerning these proposed regulation revisions contained in the Department of Law file number JU2015200798. This SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE is being issued because the Board has decided to hold oral hearing on those proposed revisions. The hearing will be held during the October 29, 2015 meeting at the Atwood Building, 550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 102, AnchoragĀe, Alaska. Written comments will not be accepted at the hearing. The hearing will begin at 11:15 a.m. and will end when those who have signed up before 11:15 a.m. to give oral testimony have had the opportunity to give oral comments. The chair of the Board may limit each participant’s length of oral testimony to a time limit, determined by the chair before the hearing begins, to allow enough time for all those present and timely registered to give testimony. If you wish to give your comments via telephone, please call 1-800-315-6338 access code 52694. If you previously submitted written comments under the September 14, 2015 Notice of proposed Changes, you need not resubmit those comments under this notice as those comments are part of the record and will be considered by the Board.
You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806. Additionally, the Board will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974, and by electronic mail at jun.maiquis@alaska.gov. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on October 16, 2015.
You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806, or by e-mail at jun.maiquis@alaska.gov. The Board will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Board’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/Midwives.aspx or on the Alaska Online Public Notice System. The Board may, but is not required to, answer written questions received after the 10-day cut-off date and before the end of the comment period. If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or jun.maiquis@alaska.gov not later than October 22, 2015 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.
For a copy of the proposed regulation changes, contact Jun Maiquis at the address or phone number above, or go to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/MID-0815.pdf. After the public comment period ends, the Board will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected. Written comments and questions received are public records and are subject to public inspection.
Statutory Authority: AS 08.65.030; AS 08.65.050; AS 08.65.080; AS 08.65.090; AS 08.65.110; AS 08.65.140; AS 08.65.190
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.65.030; AS 08.65.050; AS 08.65.080; AS 08.65.090; AS 08.65.110; AS 08.65.140; AS 08.65.190
Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
DATE: 10/9/15
Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that occupation. The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in an occupation's regulations in Title 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code. If you would like your address added to or removed from such a list, send your request to the Division at the address above, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.
ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))
1. Adopting agency: Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives – Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.
2. General subject of regulation: Apprentice permit, scope of practice, supervised clinical experience, renewal, prenatal care, intrapartum care, permitted practices, medications, emergency practices, emergency transport plan, and peer review.
3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 14.130 through 12 AAC 14.900.
4. Department of Law file number: JU2015200798.
5. Reason for the proposed action: Update and clarification of current regulations, and compliance with state statute.
6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.
7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: None.
Another state agency: None.
A municipality: None.
8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): No costs are expected in FY 2016 or in subsequent years.
9. The name of the contact person for the regulations:
Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Telephone: (907) 465-2537
E-mail: jun.maiquis@alaska.gov
10. The origin of the proposed action: Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives.
11. Date: 10/9/15
Prepared by: Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist