2003 Minnesota Statutes

     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 administer vitamin K 
 either orally or through intramuscular injection, 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.  

    HIST: 1999 c 162 s 5