In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
- (1) "board" means the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives;
- (2) "client" means a pregnant woman, postpartum woman up to six weeks, fetus, or newborn, as appropriate;
- (3) "department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
- (4) "preceptor" means a person qualified under AS 08.65.090(b) or 12 AAC 14.210(a) who supervises a person training to be a direct-entry midwife or supervises a lapsed certificate holder in the process of reinstatement under 12 AAC 14.470(b)(6)(B);
- (5) "supervision" means the direct observation and evaluation by the preceptor of the clinical experiences and technical skills of the apprentice direct-entry midwife or other supervised person while present with the supervised person in the same room;
- (6) "division" means the division of corporations, business and professional licensing in the department.
(Eff. 2/18/94, Register 129; am 8/19/2004, Register 171; am 6/29/2013, Register 206)