AI-assisted research summary: This section creates a council of certified professional midwifery, sets who may serve on it, limits council members’ lobbying activity, and says members serve without pay but can be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses.
There is hereby established a council of certified professional midwifery, which shall serve as a subcommittee of and report to the board. The council members shall be appointed by the commissioner of health. The council shall consist of six (6) members. Members shall be residents of Tennessee. Members shall consist of three (3) certified professional midwives, one (1) consumer who has no direct or indirect affiliation with the midwifery profession or industry, one (1) certified nurse midwife, and one (1) physician. Notwithstanding § 3-6-304 or any other law to the contrary, and in addition to all other requirements for membership on the council: Any person registered as a lobbyist pursuant to the registration requirements of title 3, chapter 6 who is subsequently appointed or otherwise named as a member of the council shall terminate all employment and business association as a lobbyist with any entity whose business endeavors or professional activities are regulated by the council, prior to serving as a member of the council. This subdivision (e)(1)(A) shall apply to all persons appointed or otherwise named to the council after July 1, 2010; No person who is a member of the council shall be permitted to register or otherwise serve as a lobbyist pursuant to title 3, chapter 6 for any entity whose business endeavors or professional activities are regulated by the council during such person's period of service as a member of the council. This subdivision (e)(1)(B) shall apply to all persons appointed or otherwise named to the council after July 1, 2010, and to all persons serving on the council on such date who are not registered as lobbyists; and No person who serves as a member of the council shall be employed as a lobbyist by any entity whose business endeavors or professional activities are regulated by the council for one (1) year following the date such person's service on the council ends. This subdivision (e)(1)(C) shall apply to persons serving on the council as of July 1, 2010, and to persons appointed to the council subsequent to such date. A person who violates this subsection (e) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in title 3, chapter 6. The bureau of ethics and campaign finance is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this subsection (e). All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and in accordance with the procedure for initiating and proposing rules by the ethics commission to the bureau of ethics and campaign finance as prescribed in § 4-55-103. Members of the council shall serve without pay. Members shall be entitled to reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses.