36-9C-12. Criminal background check.
Each applicant for licensure as a certified professional midwife or certified professional midwife student in this state shall submit to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon application, the board shall submit completed fingerprint cards to the Division of Criminal Investigation. Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Division of Criminal Investigation shall forward to the board all information obtained as a result of the criminal background check. This information shall be obtained before permanent licensure of the applicant. Failure to submit or cooperate with the criminal background investigation is grounds for denial of an application. The applicant shall pay for any fees charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation.
Source: SL 2017, ch 172, ยง12.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 09C - Certified Professional Midwives
Section 36-9C-1 - Definitions.
Section 36-9C-2 - License required to practice as certified professional midwife.
Section 36-9C-3 - Functions exempt from chapter.
Section 36-9C-4 - Qualifications for certified professional midwife.
Section 36-9C-5 - Practice controlled by Board of Certified Professional Midwives.
Section 36-9C-6 - Board of Certified Professional Midwives established.
Section 36-9C-7 - Members of board.
Section 36-9C-8 - Qualifications of board members--Initial appointments.
Section 36-9C-9 - Terms of office.
Section 36-9C-10 - Removal of member.
Section 36-9C-11 - Application for licensure--Issuance.
Section 36-9C-12 - Criminal background check.
Section 36-9C-13 - Practice in out-of-hospital setting.
Section 36-9C-14 - Actions excluded from practice of certified professional midwife.
Section 36-9C-15 - Duration of license--Renewal.
Section 36-9C-16 - Requirements for license renewal.
Section 36-9C-17 - Reinstatement of lapsed license.
Section 36-9C-18 - Inactive status.
Section 36-9C-20 - Midwife regulation fund.
Section 36-9C-21 - Initial minimum balance in midwife regulation account.
Section 36-9C-22 - Denial, revocation, or suspension for misconduct.
Section 36-9C-23 - Procedures for revocation or suspension.
Section 36-9C-24 - Examination of license holder or applicant by medical examiner.
Section 36-9C-26 - Reissuance of revoked or suspended license.
Section 36-9C-27 - Prohibited conduct--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 36-9C-28 - Violation by single act.
Section 36-9C-29 - Injunction.
Section 36-9C-30 - Temporary injunction.
Section 36-9C-31 - Injunction as alternative to criminal proceedings.
Section 36-9C-32 - Promulgation of rules.
Section 36-9C-33 - Informed consent document.
Section 36-9C-34 - Limitation of liability.
Section 36-9C-35 - Newborn screenings.