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MN Stat § 144A.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.52 — Office Of Health Facility Complaints.

144A.52 OFFICE OF HEALTH FACILITY COMPLAINTS. Subdivision 1. Creation; administration. The Office of Health Facility Complaints is hereby created in the Department of Health. The office shall be headed by a director appointed by the state commissioner of health. The commissioner of health shall provide the Office of Health Facility Complaints with office space, administrative services and secretarial and clerical assistance. Subd. 2. Staff. The director may appoint a deputy director and one personal secretary to discharge the responsibilities of the office. Any deputy director or personal secretary and all other employees of the office shall be classified employees of the state commissioner of health. Subd. 3. Duties; delegation. The director may delegate to members of the staff any of the authority or duties of the director except the duty of formally making recommendations to the legislature, administrative agencies, health facilities, residential care homes, health care providers, home care providers, and the state commissioner of health. Subd. 4. Training. The director shall attempt to include staff persons with expertise in areas such as law, health care, social work, dietary needs, sanitation, financial audits, health-safety requirements as they apply to health facilities, residential care homes, and any other relevant fields. To the extent possible, employees of the office shall meet federal training requirements for health facility surveyors. History:  1976 c 325 s 2; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1982 c 560 s 48; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 378 s 11; 1991 c 238 art 1 s 8; 1992 c 513 art 6 s 15,16
MN Stat § 144A.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.54 — Publication Of Recommendations; Reports.

144A.54 PUBLICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS; REPORTS. Subdivision 1. Director; duties. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the director may determine the form, frequency, and distribution of the conclusions and recommendations. The director shall transmit the conclusions and recommendations to the state commissioner of health. Before announcing a conclusion or recommendation that expressly or by implication criticizes an administrative agency, a health care provider, a home care provider, a residential care home, or a health facility, the director shall consult with that agency, health care provider, home care provider, home, or facility. When publishing an opinion adverse to an administrative agency, a health care provider, a home care provider, a residential care home, or a health facility, the director shall include in the publication any statement of reasonable length made to the director by that agency, health care provider, home care provider, residential care home, or health facility in defense or explanation of the action. Subd. 2. Annual report. In addition to whatever other reports the director may make, the director shall, at the end of each year, report to the state commissioner of health concerning the exercise of the director's functions during the preceding year. The state commissioner of health may, at any time, request and receive information, other than resident records, from the director. Subd. 3. Confidentiality. In performing the duties under Laws 1976, chapter 325, the director shall preserve the confidentiality of resident records. The director may release a resident's records with the written approval of the resident who is the subject of the records. History:  1976 c 325 s 4; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 378 s 13; 1992 c 513 art 6 s 21; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 18,19
MN Stat § 144A.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.62 — Resident Attendants.

144A.62 RESIDENT ATTENDANTS. Subdivision 1. Assistance with eating and drinking. (a) Upon federal approval, a nursing home may employ resident attendants to assist with the activities authorized under subdivision 2. The resident attendant will not be counted in the minimum staffing requirements under section 144A.04, subdivision 7. (b) The commissioner shall submit by May 15, 2000, a request for a federal waiver necessary to implement this section. Subd. 2. Definition. "Resident attendant" means an individual who assists residents in a nursing home with the activities of eating and drinking. A resident attendant does not include an individual who: (1) is a licensed health professional or a registered dietitian; (2) volunteers without monetary compensation; or (3) is a registered nursing assistant. Subd. 3. Requirements. (a) A nursing home may not use on a full-time or other paid basis any individual as a resident attendant in the nursing home unless the individual: (1) has completed a training and competency evaluation program encompassing the tasks the individual provides; (2) is competent to provide feeding and hydration services; and (3) is under the supervision of the director of nursing. (b) A nursing home may not use a current employee as a resident attendant unless the employee satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a) and volunteers to be used in that capacity. Subd. 4. Evaluation. The training and competency evaluation program may be facility based. It must include, at a minimum, the training and competency standards for eating and drinking assistance contained in the nursing assistant training curriculum. Subd. 5. Criminal background check. A person seeking employment as a resident attendant is subject to the criminal background check requirements. Subd. 6. Nonretaliation. Employees shall not be subject to disciplinary action if they choose not to volunteer under this section. Subd. 7. Resident protections. Resident attendants are subject to requirements for volunteer feeding assistants in Minnesota Rules, part 4658.0530. Subd. 8. Exceptions. A resident attendant may not be assigned to feed any resident who: (1) is at risk of choking while eating or drinking; (2) presents significant behavior management challenges while eating or drinking; or (3) presents other risk factors that may require emergency intervention. History:   2000 c 312 s 1
MN Stat § 144A.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.70 — Registration Of Supplemental Nursing Services Agencies.

144A.70 REGISTRATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL NURSING SERVICES AGENCIES. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 144A.70 to 144A.74, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health. Subd. 3. Controlling person. "Controlling person" means a business entity, officer, program administrator, or director whose responsibilities include the direction of the management or policies of a supplemental nursing services agency. Controlling person also means an individual who, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a corporation, partnership, or other business association that is a controlling person. Subd. 4. Health care facility. "Health care facility" means a hospital, boarding care home, or outpatient surgical center licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58; a nursing home or home care agency licensed under this chapter; an assisted living facility licensed under chapter 144G; or a board and lodging establishment that is registered to provide supportive or health supervision services under section 157.17. Subd. 4a. Nurse. "Nurse" means a licensed practical nurse as defined in section 148.171, subdivision 8, or a registered nurse as defined in section 148.171, subdivision 20. Subd. 5. Person. "Person" includes an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or association. Subd. 6. Supplemental nursing services agency. "Supplemental nursing services agency" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association engaged for hire in the business of providing or procuring temporary employment in health care facilities for nurses, nursing assistants, nurse aides, and orderlies. Supplemental nursing services agency does not include an individual who only engages in providing the individual's services on a temporary basis to health care facilities. Supplemental nursing services agency does not include a professional home care agency licensed under section 144A.471 that only provides staff to other home care providers. Subd. 7. Oversight. The commissioner is responsible for the oversight of supplemental nursing services agencies through annual unannounced surveys, complaint investigations under sections 144A.51 to 144A.53, and other actions necessary to ensure compliance with sections 144A.70 to 144A.74. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 7 s 2; 2002 c 287 s 1; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2003 c 55 s 3; 2015 c 71 art 8 s 35,36; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 10 s 71,72; 7Sp2020 c 1 art 6 s 25
MN Stat § 144A.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.71 — Supplemental Nursing Services Agency Registration.

144A.71 SUPPLEMENTAL NURSING SERVICES AGENCY REGISTRATION. Subdivision 1. Duty to register. A person who operates a supplemental nursing services agency shall register annually with the commissioner. Each separate location of the business of a supplemental nursing services agency shall register the agency with the commissioner. Each separate location of the business of a supplemental nursing services agency shall have a separate registration. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state government special revenue fund. Subd. 2. Application information and fee. The commissioner shall establish forms and procedures for processing each supplemental nursing services agency registration application. An application for a supplemental nursing services agency registration must include at least the following: (1) the names and addresses of the owner or owners of the supplemental nursing services agency; (2) if the owner is a corporation, copies of its articles of incorporation and current bylaws, together with the names and addresses of its officers and directors; (3) satisfactory proof of compliance with section 144A.72, subdivision 1, clauses (5) to (7); (4) any other relevant information that the commissioner determines is necessary to properly evaluate an application for registration; (5) a policy and procedure that describes how the supplemental nursing services agency's records will be immediately available at all times to the commissioner; and (6) a registration fee of $2,035. If a supplemental nursing services agency fails to provide the items in this subdivision to the department, the commissioner shall immediately suspend or refuse to issue the supplemental nursing services agency registration. The supplemental nursing services agency may appeal the commissioner's findings according to section 144A.475, subdivisions 3a and 7, except that the hearing must be conducted by an administrative law judge within 60 calendar days of the request for hearing assignment. Subd. 3. Registration not transferable. A registration issued by the commissioner according to this section is effective for a period of one year from the date of its issuance unless the registration is revoked or suspended under section 144A.72, subdivision 2, or unless the supplemental nursing services agency is sold or ownership or management is transferred. When a supplemental nursing services agency is sold or ownership or management is transferred, the registration of the agency must be voided and the new owner or operator may apply for a new registration. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 7 s 3; 2002 c 287 s 2; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2015 c 71 art 8 s 37
MN Stat § 144A.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.73 — Complaint System.

144A.73 COMPLAINT SYSTEM. The commissioner shall establish a system for reporting complaints against a supplemental nursing services agency or its employees. Complaints may be made by any member of the public. Complaints against a supplemental nursing services agency shall be investigated by the Office of Health Facility Complaints under sections 144A.51 to 144A.53. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 7 s 5; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2015 c 71 art 8 s 39
MN Stat § 144A.74 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.74 — Maximum Charges.

144A.74 MAXIMUM CHARGES. A supplemental nursing services agency must not bill or receive payments from a nursing home licensed under this chapter at a rate higher than 150 percent of the sum of the weighted average wage rate, plus a factor determined by the commissioner to incorporate payroll taxes as defined in section 256R.02, subdivision 37, for the applicable employee classification for the geographic group specified in section 256R.23, subdivision 4. The weighted average wage rates must be determined by the commissioner of human services and reported to the commissioner of health on an annual basis. Wages are defined as hourly rate of pay and shift differential, including weekend shift differential and overtime. Facilities shall provide information necessary to determine weighted average wage rates to the commissioner of human services in a format requested by the commissioner. The maximum rate must include all charges for administrative fees, contract fees, or other special charges in addition to the hourly rates for the temporary nursing pool personnel supplied to a nursing home. A nursing home that pays for the actual travel and housing costs for supplemental nursing services agency staff working at the facility and that pays these costs to the employee, the agency, or another vendor, is not violating the limitation on charges described in this section. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 7 s 6; 2002 c 287 s 7; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 3 s 5; art 14 s 6
MN Stat § 144A.755 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.755 — Information And Referral Services.

144A.755 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES. The commissioner shall ensure that information and referral services relating to hospice care are available in all regions of the state. The commissioner shall collect and make available information about available hospice care, sources of payment, providers, and the rights of patients. The commissioner shall, as a condition of licensure, require a hospice provider to complete the sections entitled Identification and Contact Information, Program Demographics, Patient Volume, Patient Demographics, and Inpatient and Residential Facilities in the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization National Data Set Survey and to submit the survey to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization once in the 12 calendar months before the hospice provider's license renewal date. If the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires hospice providers to complete a different data set as a condition of certification, the commissioner shall accept the completion and submittal of such data set as compliance with this requirement. The commissioner shall not use any data or information about any hospice provider submitted to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in connection with this data set in any regulatory function with respect to the hospice provider. The commissioner may publish and make available: (1) general information describing hospice care in the state; (2) limitations on hours, availability of services, and eligibility for third-party payments, applicable to individual providers; and (3) other information the commissioner determines to be appropriate. History:  2002 c 252 s 18,24; 2005 c 122 s 3,5
MN Stat § 144A.756 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144A — Nursing Homes And Home Care|Section 144A.756 — Penalty.

144A.756 PENALTY. A person involved in the management, operation, or control of a hospice provider who violates section 144A.753, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section does not apply to a person who had no legal authority to affect or change decisions related to the management, operation, or control of a hospice provider. History:  2002 c 252 s 19,24
MN Stat § 144E.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144E — Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board|Section 144E.05 — General Authority.

144E.05 GENERAL AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. Grants or gifts. The board may accept grants or gifts of money, property, or services from a person, a public or private entity, or any other source for an emergency medical health purpose within the scope of its statutory authority. Subd. 2. Contracts. The board may enter into contractual agreements with a person or public or private entity for the provision of statutorily prescribed emergency medical services-related activities by the board. The contract shall specify the services to be provided and the amount and method of reimbursement for the contracted services. Funds generated in a contractual agreement made pursuant to this section are appropriated to the board for purposes of providing the services specified in the contracts. History:   1997 c 199 s 2
MN Stat § 144E.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144E — Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board|Section 144E.06 — Primary Service Areas.

144E.06 PRIMARY SERVICE AREAS. The board shall adopt rules defining primary service areas under which the board shall designate each licensed ambulance service as serving a primary service area or areas. History:   1997 c 199 s 3
MN Stat § 144E.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144E — Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board|Section 144E.07 — Summary Approval.

144E.07 SUMMARY APPROVAL. Subdivision 1. Eliminating overlap; expansion. An ambulance service may request a change in its primary service area, as established under section 144E.06, to eliminate any overlap in primary service areas or to expand its primary service area to provide service to a contiguous, but undesignated, primary service area. An ambulance service requesting a change in its primary service area must submit a written application to the board on a form provided by the board and must comply with the requirements of this section. Subd. 2. Retraction. An applicant requesting to retract service from a geographic area within its designated primary service area must provide documentation showing that another licensed ambulance service is providing or will provide ambulance coverage within the proposed area of withdrawal. Subd. 3. Overlapping expansion. An applicant requesting to provide service in a geographic area that is within the primary service area of another licensed ambulance service or services must submit documentation from the service or services whose primary service areas overlap the proposed expansion area, approving the expansion and agreeing to withdraw any service coverage from the proposed expanded area. The application may include documentation from the public safety answering point coordinator or coordinators endorsing the proposed change. Subd. 4. No primary service. An applicant requesting to provide service in a geographic area where no primary ambulance service has been designated must submit documentation of approval from the ambulance service or services which are contiguous to the proposed expansion area. The application may include documentation from the public safety answering point coordinator or coordinators endorsing the proposed change. If a licensed ambulance service provides evidence of historically providing 911 ambulance coverage to the undesignated area, it is not necessary to provide documentation from the contiguous ambulance service or services approving the change. At a minimum, a 12-month history of primary ambulance coverage must be included with the application. Subd. 5. Reporting. The board shall report any approved change to the local public safety answering point coordinator. History:   1997 c 199 s 4
MN Stat § 144E.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144E — Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board|Section 144E.10 — Ambulance Service Licensing.

144E.10 AMBULANCE SERVICE LICENSING. Subdivision 1. License required. No natural person, partnership, association, corporation, or unit of government may operate an ambulance service within this state unless it possesses a valid license to do so issued by the board. The license shall specify the base of operations, the primary service area, and the type or types of ambulance service for which the licensee is licensed. The licensee shall obtain a new license if it wishes to expand its primary service area, or to provide a new type or types of service. Subd. 2. Requirements for new licenses. The board shall not issue a license authorizing the operation of a new ambulance service, provision of a new type or types of ambulance service by an existing service, or an expanded primary service area for an existing service unless the requirements of this section and sections 144E.101 to 144E.127 and 144E.18 are met. History:  1997 c 199 s 5; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 23,65