1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health occupations; modifying the definition of a certified doula;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.995, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 148.995, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Certified doula. "Certified doula" means an individual who has received 
1.7 	a certification to perform doula services from the International Childbirth Education 
1.8 	Association, the Doulas of North America (DONA), the Association of Labor Assistants 
1.9 	and Childbirth Educators (ALACE), the Birthworks, the Childbirth and Postpartum 
1.10 	Professional Association (CAPPA), the Childbirth International, or the International 
1.11 	Center for Traditional Childbearing, or the Birth Place/Common Childbirth, Inc.