Midwifery Advisory Committee

The Midwifery Advisory Committee's mandate is to protect the public's health and safety, and to promote the welfare of the state by regulating the competency and quality of professional healthcare providers under its jurisdiction. The committee accomplishes this through a variety of activities working with the Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance.

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Committee Information

Description

The Midwifery Advisory Committee is composed of on physician who is a practicing obstetrician; one practicing physician; one licensed certified nurse midwife; three licensed midwives; and one public member, who has no financial interest in the rendering of health services. The committee may seek other consultants as appropriate, including persons trained in childbirth education and perinatology or neonatology.

Reimbursement and Compensation

Reasonable allowances will be provided to cover reasonable and necessary subsistence and lodging expenses while engaged on official business.

Advice and Recommendations

The Midwifery Advisory Committee advises and makes recommendations to the secretary on issues including, but not limited to, continuing education, mandatory reexamination, and peer review.

The committee meets about three times a year. Historically, meetings have been scheduled in June, September, and December during business hours.

If you're interested in applying for an appointment to the Midwife Advisory Committee, see our website. Select the "Application – Secretary Appointed." Note on the application that you are applying for the Midwife Advisory Committee.

Committee Members

Name and term expiration date of members

Member	Term Expires
Steven Maynard, obstetrician	March 31, 2027
Alexander Hamling, physician	August 31, 2023
Vacant, certified nurse midwife
April Haugen, midwife	February 29, 2024
Katherine Sauerlender, midwife, vice-chairperson	March 31, 2027
Rachael Cook, midwife	August 31, 2023
Robin Vazquez, public member, chairperson	August 30, 2024

Committee Meetings

(All meetings are subject to change and start at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted.)

Date and Location	Activity	Documents
September 13, 2023 Microsoft Teams meeting Join the meeting on your computer, mobile app, or room device Meeting ID: 210 413 354 357 Passcode: zDPy3h Download Teams \| Join on the web Or call in (audio only) +1 564-999-2000,,807398378# United States, Olympia Phone Conference ID: 807 398 378# Find a local number \| Reset PIN and Lacey Community Center Woodland Creek Community Park 6729 Pacific Ave. S.E., Room 1 and 2 Olympia, WA 98503	Regular meeting	Agenda (PDF)
December 6, 2023 Microsoft Teams meeting Join the meeting on your computer, mobile app, or room device Meeting ID: 298 475 358 737 Passcode: AsjX7j Download Teams \| Join on the web Or call in (audio only) +1 564-999-2000,,310937945# United States, Olympia Phone Conference ID: 310 937 945# Find a local number \| Reset PIN and Washington State Health Care Authority 626 8^th Ave. S.E. Olympia, WA 98501	Regular meeting

Meeting Minutes

2023

June 14 (PDF)