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Minn. Stat. § 254B.21 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 254B / Section 254B.21
§ 254B.21 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 254B.21 to 254B.216 , the following terms have the meanings given.

§ Subd. 2. Applicant. "Applicant" means any individual, organization, or entity who has applied for certification of a recovery residence.

§ Subd. 3. Certified recovery residence. "Certified recovery residence" means a recovery residence that has completed the application process and been approved for certification by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Co-occurring disorders. "Co-occurring disorders" means a diagnosis of both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder.

§ Subd. 5. Operator. "Operator" means the lawful owner or lessee of a recovery residence or a person employed and designated by the owner or lessee of the recovery residence to have primary responsibility for oversight of the recovery residence, including but not limited to hiring and termination of recovery residence staff, recovery residence maintenance, and responding to complaints being investigated by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 6. Recovery residence. "Recovery residence" means a type of community residence that provides a safe, healthy, family-like, substance-free living environment that supports individuals in recovery from substance use disorder.

§ Subd. 7. Recovery residence registry. "Recovery residence registry" means the list of certified recovery residences maintained by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 8. Resident. "Resident" means an individual who resides in a recovery residence.

§ Subd. 9. Staff. "Staff" means employees, contractors, or volunteers who provide monitoring, assistance, or other services for the use and benefit of a recovery residence and the residence's residents.

§ Subd. 10. Substance free. "Substance free" means being free from the use of alcohol, illicit drugs, and the illicit use of prescribed drugs. This term does not prohibit medications prescribed, dispensed, or administered by a licensed health care professional, such as pharmacotherapies specifically approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of a substance use disorder as well as other medications approved by the FDA for the treatment of co-occurring disorders when taken as directed.

§ Subd. 11. Substance use disorder. "Substance use disorder" has the meaning given in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association.
Minn. Stat. § 184.41 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 184 / Section 184.41
§ 184.41 VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employment agent, manager, or counselor who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) In addition to the penalties for commission of a misdemeanor, the department may bring an action for an injunction against any employment agent, manager, or counselor who violates the applicable provisions of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 153B.60 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 153B / Section 153B.60
§ 153B.60 LICENSE LAPSE DUE TO MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

A licensee whose license has expired while on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, with the National Guard while called into service or training, or while in training or education preliminary to induction into military service may have the licensee's license renewed or restored without paying a late fee or license restoration fee if the licensee provides verification to the board within two years of the termination of service obligation.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-201 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-201
§ 336.2-201 FORMAL REQUIREMENTS; STATUTE OF FRAUDS.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section a contract for the sale of goods for the price of $500 or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless there is a record sufficient to indicate that a contract for sale has been made between the parties and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by the party's authorized agent or broker. A record is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon but the contract is not enforceable under this subsection beyond the quantity of goods shown in the record.

(2) Between merchants if within a reasonable time a record in confirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is received and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, it satisfies the requirements of subsection (1) against the party unless notice in a record of objection to its contents is given within ten days after it is received.

(3) A contract which does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) but which is valid in other respects is enforceable

(a) if the goods are to be specially manufactured for the buyer and are not suitable for sale to others in the ordinary course of the seller's business and the seller, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances which reasonably indicate that the goods are for the buyer, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement; or

(b) if the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a contract for sale was made, but the contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or

(c) with respect to goods for which payment has been made and accepted or which have been received and accepted (section 336.2-606 ).
Minn. Stat. § 259.81 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.81
§ 259.81 REFERRAL FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

When a parent contacts a licensed child-placing agency and requests out-of-home placement for a child, the agency shall refer the parent to the local welfare agency if the child-placing agency is not able to arrange a shelter or foster placement for the child as requested by the parent.
Minn. Stat. § 589.16 — MN Code / Part 585_590 / Chapter 589 / Section 589.16
§ 589.16 WHEN BAIL OR REMAND OR DISCHARGE ALLOWED.
Status: in_force

If the petitioner has been legally committed for a criminal offense, or if upon hearing it appears by the testimony offered with the return that the petitioner is guilty of the offense, although the commitment is irregular, the judge before whom the petitioner is brought shall allow release on bail, if good bail is offered, or, if not, the judge shall immediately send that petitioner back to the detaining authority. In other cases the petitioner must be placed in the custody of the person legally entitled to custody, or, if no one is so entitled, the petitioner must be discharged.
Minn. Stat. § 638.10 — MN Code / Part 636_643 / Chapter 638 / Section 638.10
§ 638.10 CLEMENCY APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Required contents. A clemency application must: (1) be in writing; (2) be signed under oath by the applicant; and (3) state the clemency sought, state why the clemency should be granted, and contain the following information and any additional information that the commission or board requires: (i) the applicant's name, address, and date and place of birth, and every alias by which the applicant is or has been known; (ii) the applicant's demographic information, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, and age, only if voluntarily reported; (iii) the applicant's convicted crime for which clemency is requested, the date and county of conviction, the sentence imposed, and the sentence's expiration or discharge date; (iv) the names of the sentencing judge, the prosecuting attorney, and any victims of the crime; (v) a brief description of the crime and the applicant's age at the time of the crime; (vi) the date and outcome of any prior clemency application, including any application submitted before July 1, 2024; (vii) to the best of the applicant's knowledge, a statement of any past criminal conviction and any pending criminal charge or investigation; (viii) for an applicant under the department's custody, a statement describing the applicant's reentry plan should clemency be granted; and (ix) an applicant statement acknowledging and consenting to the disclosure to the commission, board, and public of any private data on the applicant in the application or in any other record relating to the clemency being sought, including conviction and arrest records.

§ Subd. 2. Required form. (a) An application must be made on a commission-approved form or forms and filed with the commission by commission-prescribed deadlines. The commission must consult with the board on the forms and deadlines. (b) The application must include language informing the applicant that the board and the commission will consider any and all past convictions and that the applicant may provide information about the convictions.

§ Subd. 3. Reviewing application for completeness. The commission must review an application for completeness. An incomplete application must be returned to the applicant, who may then provide the missing information and resubmit the application within a commission-prescribed period.

§ Subd. 4. Notice to applicant. After the commission's initial investigation of a clemency application, the commission must notify the applicant of the scheduled date, time, and location that the applicant must appear before the commission for a meeting under section 638.14 .

§ Subd. 5. Equal access to information. Each board and commission member must have equal access to information under this chapter that is used when making a clemency decision.
Minn. Stat. § 390.04 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 390 / Section 390.04
§ 390.04 PROVISION FOR TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

When the coroner or medical examiner, because of partiality, prejudice, consanguinity, or interest, is not able to perform the coroner or medical examiner's duties, the coroner or medical examiner shall have the authority to transfer jurisdiction to another coroner or medical examiner, as arranged by the county board.
Minn. Stat. § 17.498 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.498
§ 17.498 RULES; FINANCIAL ASSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, after consultation and cooperation with the commissioners of agriculture and natural resources, shall present proposed rules to the Pollution Control Agency board prescribing water quality permit requirements for aquaculture facilities by May 1, 1992. The rules must consider:

(1) best available proven technology, best management practices, and water treatment practices that prevent and minimize degradation of waters of the state considering economic factors, availability, technical feasibility, effectiveness, and environmental impacts;

(2) classes, types, sizes, and categories of aquaculture facilities;

(3) temporary reversible impacts versus long-term impacts on water quality;

(4) effects on drinking water supplies that cause adverse human health concerns; and

(5) aquaculture therapeutics, which shall be regulated by the Pollution Control Agency.

(b) Net pen aquaculture and other aquaculture facilities with similar effects must submit an annual report to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency analyzing changes in water quality trends from previous years, documentation of best management practices, documentation of costs to restore the waters used for aquaculture to the trophic state existing before aquatic farming was initiated, and documentation of financial assurance in an amount adequate to pay for restoration costs. The trophic state, which is the productivity of the waters measured by total phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, algae abundance as chlorophyll-a, and secchi disk depth of light penetration, and the condition of the waters measured by raw drinking water parameters, shall be determined to the extent possible before aquatic farming is initiated. The financial assurance may be a trust fund, letter of credit, escrow account, surety bond, or other financial assurance payable to the commissioner for restoration of the waters if the permittee cannot or will not restore the waters after termination of aquatic farming operations or revocation of the permit.

(c) Information received as part of a permit application or as otherwise requested must be classified according to chapter 13. Information about processes, aquatic farming procedures, feed and therapeutic formulas and rates, and tests on aquatic farming products that have economic value is nonpublic data under chapter 13, if requested by the applicant or permittee.
Minn. Stat. § 144.054 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.054
§ 144.054 SUBPOENA POWER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. The commissioner may, as part of an investigation to determine whether a serious health threat exists or to locate persons who may have been exposed to an agent which can seriously affect their health, issue subpoenas to require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of books, records, correspondence, and other information relevant to any matter involved in the investigation. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may administer oaths to witnesses or take their affirmation. The subpoenas may be served upon any person named therein anywhere in the state by any person authorized to serve subpoenas or other processes in civil actions of the district courts. If a person to whom a subpoena is issued does not comply with the subpoena, the commissioner may apply to the district court in any district and the court shall order the person to comply with the subpoena. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt of court. Except as provided in subdivision 2, no person may be compelled to disclose privileged information as described in section 595.02, subdivision 1 . All information pertaining to individual medical records obtained under this section shall be considered health data under section 13.3805, subdivision 1 . The fees for the service of a subpoena must be paid in the same manner as prescribed by law for a service of process issued out of a district court. Witnesses must receive the same fees and mileage as in civil actions.

§ Subd. 2. HIV; HBV. The commissioner may subpoena privileged medical information of patients who may have been exposed by a licensed dental hygienist, dentist, physician, nurse, podiatrist, a registered dental assistant, or a physician assistant who is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV) when the commissioner has determined that it may be necessary to notify those patients that they may have been exposed to HIV or HBV.
Minn. Stat. § 168.1288 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.1288
§ 168.1288 MINNESOTA MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES PLATES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Issuance of plates. The commissioner must issue Minnesota missing and murdered Indigenous relatives special license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who: (1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle; (2) pays an additional fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12 , subdivision 5; (3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013 ; (4) pays the fees required under this chapter; (5) contributes a minimum of $25 annually to the Minnesota missing and murdered Indigenous relatives account; and (6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.

§ Subd. 2. Design. In consultation with the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives, the commissioner must adopt a suitable plate design that includes a red handprint to one side, a partial ribbon skirt toward the bottom corner, and reads "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives" or "MMIR."

§ Subd. 3. Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle if the subsequent vehicle is: (1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and (2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.

§ Subd. 4. Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 168.1293, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 5. Contributions; account; appropriation. Contributions collected under subdivision 1, clause (5), must be deposited in the Minnesota missing and murdered Indigenous relatives account, which is established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is first for the annual cost of administering the account funds, and the remaining funds are for distribution to the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives for investigation of unsolved cases and to establish a reward fund for information relating to missing and murdered Indigenous relatives.
Minn. Stat. § 326.05 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.05
§ 326.05 QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board must be a resident of this state at the time of and throughout the member's appointment. Each member except the public members must have been engaged in the practice of the relevant profession for at least five years and shall have been in responsible charge of professional work requiring licensure as an architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscientist, or certification as an interior designer for at least two years.
Minn. Stat. § 156.17 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 156 / Section 156.17
§ 156.17 POSSESSION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not possess a veterinary prescription drug unless the person is a licensed veterinarian or pharmacist, a bona fide employee of a veterinarian acting in the course of that employment, a client holding a veterinary prescription drug by or on the order of a veterinarian, a manufacturer or wholesaler of veterinary drugs, an animal health researcher, or a person performing official state or federal regulatory duties.
Minn. Stat. § 423.076 — MN Code / Part 419_425 / Chapter 423 / Section 423.076
§ 423.076 RETIREMENT; POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

A compulsory retirement age of not less than 65 years that was in effect on March 3, 1983, for persons on the payroll of a police or fire department which does not come within the provisions of section 423.075 without being a violation of section 363A.20, subdivision 9 , may be retained.
Minn. Stat. § 137.45 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 137 / Section 137.45
§ 137.45 PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Program required. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to offer an academic program consistent with the requirements of this section for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the University of Minnesota-Morris.

§ Subd. 2. Enrollment and admission. The program must establish an enrollment goal of at least 15 incoming students per academic year. The board is requested to establish an application process for the program. A student who successfully completes the program must be awarded a certificate, diploma, or other appropriate academic credential.

§ Subd. 3. Curriculum and activities. (a) The program must provide an inclusive, full-time, two-year residential college experience for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The curriculum must include: (1) core courses that develop life skills, financial literacy, and the ability to live independently; (2) rigorous academic work in a student's chosen field of study; and (3) an internship, apprenticeship, or other skills-based experience to prepare for meaningful employment upon completion of the program. (b) In addition to academic requirements, the program must allow participating students the opportunity to engage fully in campus life. Program activities must include, but are not limited to: (1) the establishment of on-campus mentoring and peer support communities; and (2) opportunities for personal growth through leadership development and other community engagement activities. (c) The program may tailor its curriculum and activities to highlight academic programs, student and community life experiences, and employment opportunities unique to the campus or the region where the campus is located.

§ Subd. 4. Reporting. By January 15 of each year, the board must submit a report on the program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over higher education finance and policy. The report must include, but need not be limited to, information regarding: (1) the number of students participating in the program; (2) program goals and outcomes; and (3) the success rate of participants.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.47 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.47
§ 325F.47 MISREPRESENTATION OF BLIND-MADE ARTICLES OR PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Prohibition; interpretation. No person shall sell or offer for sale on either wholesale or retail levels within the state of Minnesota, any article or product which is said or represented to have been "blind-made" or with a connotation or an association with blindness unless such article or product shall have been made, processed, or repaired within the limits of the following specifications: (a) Blind labor shall mean such work which has been expended by individuals whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with correcting lenses, or whose visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the field of vision, such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees as determined by an eye specialist. (b) A "blind-made" article or product shall mean that at least 75 percent of the hours of direct labor expended in the preparation, processing, packaging, or improvement of an article or product, excluding the supervision, inspection, administration, or shipping, shall have been performed by a person or persons whose visual acuity falls within the definition of blindness described above.

§ Subd. 2. Labeling requirement. Any article or product which is sold or offered for sale in this state as a blind-made product shall include in its labeling the name of its manufacturer.

§ Subd. 3. Criminal penalty. Any person, firm, or agency that willfully violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 291.215 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 291 / Section 291.215
§ 291.215 VALUATION OF ESTATE.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Determination. All property includable in the Minnesota gross estate of a decedent shall be valued in accordance with the provisions of sections 2031 or 2032 and, if applicable, 2032A, of the Internal Revenue Code and any elections made in valuing the federal gross estate shall be applicable in valuing the Minnesota gross estate. The value of all property includable in the Minnesota gross estate of a decedent may be independently determined under those sections for Minnesota estate tax purposes except: (1) as otherwise provided in section 291.075 ; or (2) if the Internal Revenue Service, after receiving the estate's federal estate tax return, either conducts a separate appraisal of an asset reported on the return or proposes a change in the reported valuation of an asset in the estate, in which case the federal final determination of the value controls.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1990 c 480 art 1 s 45 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1990 c 480 art 1 s 45 ]