Professional License Defense

We’ve been looking in recent posts at the regulation of midwives in Minnesota. Last time, we briefly looked at some of the regulations that apply to licensed traditional midwives under state law. As we noted, certified nurse midwives are regulated by the Board of Nursing rather than the Board of Medical Practice, so a different …

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In our last post, we began looking at the regulation of the midwife profession. As we noted, Minnesota actually has a rather lax approach to regulating midwifery. Licensing is voluntary for traditional midwives, which means a midwife can practice without licensing. This doesn’t mean that there is no regulation of unlicensed midwives, but that the …

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For any expecting mother, planning for labor and delivery is important not only to calm anxieties about the birth process but also to ensure everything goes as smoothly as possible with the medical professionals who will be assisting her. Most women, of course, choose to deliver in hospital settings, but there is a small percentage …

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In a previous post, we began looking at Minnesota tenure law and the protections it does—and does not—offer teachers in this state. As we noted last time, tenure does provide educators with due process, but it does not bar the possibility of termination when a school district has adequate grounds for termination. In some cases, …

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