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MN Stat § 144.652 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.652 — Bill Of Rights Notice To Patient Or Resident; Violation.

144.652 BILL OF RIGHTS NOTICE TO PATIENT OR RESIDENT; VIOLATION. Subdivision 1. Distribution; posting. Except as provided below, section 144.651 shall be posted conspicuously in a public place in all facilities licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02. Copies of the law shall be furnished the patient or resident and the patient or resident's guardian or conservator upon admittance to the facility. Facilities providing services to patients may delete section 144.651, subdivisions 24 to 29, and those portions of other subdivisions that apply only to residents, from copies posted or distributed to patients with appropriate notation that residents have additional rights under law. The policy statement shall include the address and telephone number of the Board of Medical Practice and/or the name and phone number of the person within the facility to whom inquiries about the medical care received may be directed. The notice shall include a brief statement describing how to file a complaint with the Office of Health Facility Complaints established pursuant to section 144A.52 concerning a violation of section 144.651 or any other state statute or rule. This notice shall include the address and phone number of the Office of Health Facility Complaints. Subd. 2. Correction order; emergencies. A substantial violation of the rights of any patient or resident as defined in section 144.651, shall be grounds for issuance of a correction order pursuant to section 144.653 or 144A.10. The issuance or nonissuance of a correction order shall not preclude, diminish, enlarge, or otherwise alter private action by or on behalf of a patient or resident to enforce any unreasonable violation of the patient's or resident's rights. Compliance with the provisions of section 144.651 shall not be required whenever emergency conditions, as documented by the attending physician or advanced practice registered nurse in a patient's medical record or a resident's care record, indicate immediate medical treatment, including but not limited to surgical procedures, is necessary and it is impossible or impractical to comply with the provisions of section 144.651 because delay would endanger the patient's or resident's life, health, or safety. History:  1973 c 688 s 2; 1976 c 173 s 41; 1976 c 222 s 28; 1976 c 274 s 2; 1977 c 326 s 1; 1983 c 248 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 106 s 6; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 46
MN Stat § 144.654 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.654 — Experts May Be Employed.

144.654 EXPERTS MAY BE EMPLOYED. The state commissioner of health may employ experts in the field of health care to assist the staffs of facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, in programming and providing adequate care of the patients and residents of the facility. Alternate methods of care for patients and residents of the facilities shall be researched by the state commissioner of health using the knowledge and experience of experts employed therefor. History:  1973 c 688 s 4; 1976 c 173 s 43; 1977 c 305 s 45
MN Stat § 144.655 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.655 — Program For Voluntary Medical Aid.

144.655 PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTARY MEDICAL AID. Licensed physicians may visit a facility required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, and examine patients and residents thereof under a program which shall be established by the state commissioner of health and regulated and governed by rules promulgated by the state commissioner of health pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. The rules shall protect the privacy of patients and residents of facilities. No patient or resident of any facility shall be required to submit to an examination under the program. The state commissioner of health shall consult with medical schools and other experts for the purpose of establishing the program. The state commissioner of health shall encourage the active participation of all licensed physicians on a voluntary basis in the program. History:  1973 c 688 s 5; 1976 c 173 s 44; 1977 c 305 s 45
MN Stat § 144.656 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.656 — Employees To Be Compensated.

144.656 EMPLOYEES TO BE COMPENSATED. All employees of facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, participating in orientation programs or in in-service training provided by the facility shall be compensated therefor at their regular rate of pay, provided, however, that this section will be effective only to the extent that facilities are reimbursed for the compensation by the commissioner of human services in the proportion of welfare to total residents and patients in the facility. History:  1973 c 688 s 6; 1976 c 173 s 45; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58
MN Stat § 144.657 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.657 — Volunteer Efforts Encouraged.

144.657 VOLUNTEER EFFORTS ENCOURAGED. The state commissioner of health, through the dissemination of information to appropriate organizations, shall encourage citizens to promote improved care in facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, throughout the state. History:  1973 c 688 s 7; 1976 c 173 s 46; 1977 c 305 s 45
MN Stat § 144.658 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.658 — Epidemiologic Data Discovery.

144.658 EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA DISCOVERY. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, health data on an individual collected by public health officials conducting an epidemiologic investigation to reduce morbidity or mortality is not subject to discovery in a legal action. History:   1985 c 298 s 41
MN Stat § 144.6581 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.6581 — Determination Of Whether Data Identifies Individuals.

144.6581 DETERMINATION OF WHETHER DATA IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUALS. The commissioner of health may: (1) withhold access to health or epidemiologic data if the commissioner determines the data are data on an individual, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 5; or (2) grant access to health or epidemiologic data, if the commissioner determines the data are summary data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 19. In the exercise of this discretion, the commissioner shall consider whether the data requested, alone or in combination, may constitute information from which an individual subject of data may be identified using epidemiologic methods. In making this determination, the commissioner shall consider disease incidence, associated risk factors for illness, and similar factors unique to the data by which it could be linked to a specific subject of the data. This discretion is limited to health or epidemiologic data maintained by the commissioner of health or a community health board, as defined in section 145A.02. History:  1993 c 351 s 26; 2014 c 291 art 7 s 28
MN Stat § 144.6585 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.6585 — Identification Of Health Care Providers.

144.6585 IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. Any health care provider who is licensed, credentialed, or registered by a health-related licensing board as defined under section 214.01, subdivision 2, must wear a name tag that indicates by words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia the profession or occupation of the individual. The name tag must be worn whenever the health care provider is rendering health services to a patient, unless wearing the name tag would create a safety or health risk to the patient. The failure to wear a name tag is not reportable under chapter 214. History:   1997 c 237 s 15
MN Stat § 144.6586 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.6586 — Notice Of Rights To Sexual Assault Victim.

144.6586 NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM. Subdivision 1. Notice required. A hospital shall give a written notice about victim rights and available resources to a person seeking medical services in the hospital who reports to hospital staff or presents evidence of a sexual assault or other unwanted sexual contact or sexual penetration. The hospital shall make a good faith effort to provide this notice prior to medical treatment or the examination performed for the purpose of gathering evidence, subject to applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding the provision of medical care, and in a manner that does not interfere with any medical screening examination or initiation of treatment necessary to stabilize a victim's emergency medical condition. Subd. 2. Contents of notice. The commissioners of health and public safety, in consultation with sexual assault victim advocates and health care professionals, shall develop the notice required by subdivision 1. The notice must inform the victim, at a minimum, of: (1) the obligation under section 609.35 of the county where the criminal sexual conduct occurred to pay for the examination performed for the purpose of gathering evidence, that payment is not contingent on the victim reporting the criminal sexual conduct to law enforcement, and that the victim may incur expenses for treatment of injuries; (2) the victim's rights if the crime is reported to law enforcement, including the victim's right to apply for reparations under sections 611A.51 to 611A.68, information on how to apply for reparations, and information on how to obtain an order for protection or a harassment restraining order; and (3) the opportunity under section 611A.27 to obtain status information about an unrestricted sexual assault examination kit, as defined in section 299C.106, subdivision 1, paragraph (h). History:  2014 c 291 art 6 s 12; 2018 c 160 s 1
MN Stat § 144.661 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.661 — Definitions.

144.661 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 144.661 to 144.665, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Traumatic brain injury. "Traumatic brain injury" means a sudden insult or damage to the brain or its coverings caused by an external physical force which may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness and which results in the following disabilities: (1) impairment of cognitive or mental abilities; (2) impairment of physical functioning; or (3) disturbance of behavioral or emotional functioning. These disabilities may be temporary or permanent and may result in partial or total loss of function. "Traumatic brain injury" does not include injuries of a degenerative or congenital nature. Subd. 3. Spinal cord injury. "Spinal cord injury" means an injury that occurs as a result of trauma which may involve spinal vertebral fracture and where the injured person suffers an acute, traumatic lesion of neural elements in the spinal canal, resulting in any degree of temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bladder or bowel dysfunction. "Spinal cord injury" does not include intervertebral disc disease. History:   1991 c 292 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 144.662 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.662 — Traumatic Brain Injury And Spinal Cord Injury Registry.

144.662 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND SPINAL CORD INJURY REGISTRY. The commissioner of health shall establish and maintain a central registry of persons who sustain traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. The purpose of the registry is to: (1) collect information to facilitate the development of injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (2) ensure the provision to persons with traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury of information regarding appropriate public or private agencies that provide rehabilitative services so that injured persons may obtain needed services to alleviate injuries and avoid secondary problems, such as mental illness and chemical dependency. History:   1991 c 292 art 2 s 6
MN Stat § 144.663 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.663 — Duty To Report.

144.663 DUTY TO REPORT. Subdivision 1. Establishment of reporting system. The commissioner shall design and establish a reporting system which designates either the treating hospital, medical facility, or physician to report to the department within a reasonable period of time after the identification of a person with traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. The consent of the injured person is not required. Subd. 2. Information. The report must be submitted on forms provided by the department and must include the following information: (1) the name, age, and residence of the injured person; (2) the date and cause of the injury; (3) the initial diagnosis; and (4) other information required by the commissioner. Subd. 3. Reporting without liability. The furnishing of information required by the commissioner shall not subject any person or facility required to report to any action for damages or other relief, provided that the person or facility is acting in good faith. History:   1991 c 292 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 144.664 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.664 — Duties Of Commissioner.

144.664 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Studies. The commissioner shall collect injury incidence information, analyze the information, and conduct special studies regarding traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Subd. 2. Provision of data. The commissioner shall provide summary registry data to public and private entities to conduct studies using data collected by the registry. The commissioner may charge a fee under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for all out-of-pocket expenses associated with the provision of data or data analysis. Subd. 3. Notification. Within five days of receiving a report of traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, the commissioner shall notify the injured person or the injured person's family of resources and services available in Minnesota, pursuant to section 144.662, clause (2). Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1999 c 86 art 2 s 6] Subd. 5. Rules. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer the registry, collect information, and distribute data. The rules must include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) the specific ICD-9 procedure codes included in the definitions of "traumatic brain injury" and "spinal cord injury"; (2) the type of data to be reported; (3) standards for reporting specific types of data; (4) the persons and facilities required to report and the time period in which reports must be submitted; (5) criteria relating to the use of registry data by public and private entities engaged in research; and (6) specification of fees to be charged under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for out-of-pocket expenses. History:  1991 c 292 art 2 s 8; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 205 s 22
MN Stat § 144.665 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.665 — Traumatic Brain Injury And Spinal Cord Injury Data.

144.665 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND SPINAL CORD INJURY DATA. Data on individuals collected by the commissioner of health under sections 144.662 to 144.664 are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, and may be used only for the purposes set forth in sections 144.662 to 144.664 in accordance with the rules adopted by the commissioner. History:  1991 c 292 art 2 s 9; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 205 s 23
MN Stat § 144.671 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.671 — Cancer Surveillance System; Purpose.

144.671 CANCER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; PURPOSE. The commissioner of health shall establish a statewide population-based cancer surveillance system. The purpose of this system is to: (1) monitor incidence trends of cancer to detect potential public health problems, predict risks, and assist in investigating cancer clusters; (2) more accurately target intervention resources for communities and patients and their families; (3) inform health professionals and citizens about risks, early detection, and treatment of cancers known to be elevated in their communities; and (4) promote high quality research to provide better information for cancer control and to address public concerns and questions about cancer. History:   1987 c 403 art 2 s 9
MN Stat § 144.672 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.672 — Duties Of Commissioner; Rules.

144.672 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER; RULES. Subdivision 1. Rule authority. The commissioner of health shall collect cancer incidence information, analyze the information, and conduct special studies designed to determine the potential public health significance of an increase in cancer incidence. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer the system, collect information, and distribute data. The rules must include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the type of data to be reported; (2) standards for reporting specific types of data; (3) payments allowed to hospitals, pathologists, and registry systems to defray their costs in providing information to the system; (4) criteria relating to contracts made with outside entities to conduct studies using data collected by the system. The criteria may include requirements for a written protocol outlining the purpose and public benefit of the study, the description, methods, and projected results of the study, peer review by other scientists, the methods and facilities to protect the privacy of the data, and the qualifications of the researcher proposing to undertake the study; and (5) specification of fees to be charged under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for all out-of-pocket expenses for data summaries or specific analyses of data requested by public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals, and which are not otherwise included in the commissioner's annual summary reports. Fees collected are appropriated to the commissioner to offset the cost of providing the data. Subd. 2. Biennial report required. The commissioner of health shall prepare and transmit to the governor and to members of the legislature under section 3.195, a biennial report on the incidence of cancer in Minnesota and a compilation of summaries and reports from special studies and investigations performed to determine the potential public health significance of an increase in cancer incidence, together with any findings and recommendations. The first report shall be delivered by February 1989, with subsequent reports due in February of each of the following odd-numbered years. History:  1987 c 403 art 2 s 10; 1988 c 629 s 37; 1994 c 411 s 1; 1997 c 192 s 24; 2001 c 161 s 21
MN Stat § 144.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.68 — Records And Reports Required.

144.68 RECORDS AND REPORTS REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. Person practicing healing arts. Every person licensed to practice the healing arts in any form, upon request of the commissioner of health, shall prepare and forward to the commissioner, in the manner and at such times as the commissioner designates, a detailed record of each case of cancer treated or seen by the person professionally. Subd. 2. Hospitals and similar institutions. Every hospital, medical clinic, medical laboratory, or other institution for the hospitalization, clinical or laboratory diagnosis, or care of human beings, upon request of the commissioner of health, shall prepare and forward to the commissioner, in the manner and at the times designated by the commissioner, a detailed record of each case of cancer. Subd. 3. Reporting without liability. The furnishing of the information required under subdivisions 1 and 2 shall not subject the person, hospital, medical clinic, medical laboratory, or other institution furnishing the information, to any action for damages or other relief. History:  1949 c 350 s 3; 1976 c 173 s 47,48; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 144.69 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.69 — Classification Of Data On Individuals.

144.69 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 13.05, subdivision 9, data collected on individuals by the cancer surveillance system, including the names and personal identifiers of persons required in section 144.68 to report, shall be private and may only be used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68. Any disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68, is declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by rule, and as part of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the commissioner of health may interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of any such patient, only after the consent of the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or surgeon is obtained. History:  1949 c 350 s 4; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 12; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 47
MN Stat § 144.691 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.691 — Grievance Procedures.

144.691 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Facilities. Every hospital licensed as such pursuant to sections 144.50 to 144.56, and every outpatient surgery center shall establish a grievance or complaint mechanism designed to process and resolve promptly and effectively grievances by patients or their representatives related to billing, inadequacies of treatment, and other factors which may have an impact on the incidence of malpractice claims and suits. For the purposes of sections 144.691 to 144.693, "outpatient surgery center" shall mean a free standing facility organized for the specific purpose of providing elective outpatient surgery for preexamined prediagnosed low risk patients. Services provided at an outpatient surgery center shall be limited to surgical procedures which utilize local or general anesthesia and which do not require overnight inpatient care. "Outpatient surgery center" does not mean emergency medical services, or physician or dentist offices. Subd. 2. Patient notice. Each patient receiving treatment at a hospital or an outpatient surgery center shall be notified of the grievance or complaint mechanism which is available to the patient. Subd. 3. Rules. The state commissioner of health shall, by January 1, 1977, establish by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 15: (1) minimum standards and procedural requirements for grievance and complaint mechanism; (2) a list of patient complaints which may be processed through a complaint or grievance mechanism; (3) the form and manner in which patient notices shall be made; and (4) a schedule of fines, not to exceed $200 per offense, for the failure of a hospital or outpatient surgery center to comply with the provisions of this section. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1996 c 451 art 4 s 71] History:  1976 c 325 s 8; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 144.695 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 144 - 159 — Health|Chapter 144 — Department Of Health|Section 144.695 — Citation.

144.695 CITATION. Sections 144.695 to 144.703 may be cited as the "Minnesota Health Care Cost Information Act of 1984." History:  1976 c 296 art 2 s 1; 1984 c 534 s 3