00 SENATE BILL NO. 266                                                                                                     
01 "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry                                           
02 Midwives; relating to the scope of practice of certified direct-entry midwives; and                                     
03 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 08.03.010(c)(6) is amended to read:                                                                 
06   (6)  Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives (AS 08.65.010) - June 30,                                              
07 1998 [1994];                                                                                                          
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.65.140(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
09  (a)  Except as provided in regulations adopted under (g) [(d)] of this section,                                   
10 a certified direct-entry midwife may not assume the care or delivery of a client unless                                 
11 the certified direct-entry midwife has recommended that the client undergo a physical                                   
12 examination performed by a physician, physician assistant, advanced nurse practitioner,                                 
13 or certified nurse midwife, who is licensed in this state.                                                              
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.65.140 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
01  (g)  The board shall adopt regulations that specify the conditions under which                                        
02 a certified direct-entry midwife may not knowingly deliver a woman.  The regulations                                    
03 may provide for exceptions to the general prohibitions contained in the regulations.                                    
04    * Sec. 4.  AS 08.65.140(d), 08.65.140(e), and 08.65.140(f) are repealed.                                             
05    * Sec. 5.  Sections 1 and 3 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                               
06    * Sec. 6.  Sections 2 and 4 of this Act take effect on the effective date of regulations                             
07 adopted under AS 08.65.140(g), added by sec. 3 of this Act.  The Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives shall         
08 notify the revisor of statutes of the effective date of those regulations.