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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.1913 — Clinical Dental Education Innovation Grants.

144.1913 CLINICAL DENTAL EDUCATION INNOVATION GRANTS.
(a) The commissioner of health shall award clinical dental education innovation grants to teaching institutions and clinical training sites for projects that increase dental access for underserved populations and promote innovative clinical training of dental professionals. In awarding the grants, the commissioner shall consider the following:
(1) potential to successfully increase access to dental services for an underserved population;
(2) the long-term viability of the project to improve access to dental services beyond the period of initial funding;
(3) evidence of collaboration between the applicant and local communities;
(4) efficiency in the use of grant money; and
(5) the priority level of the project in relation to state clinical education, access, and workforce goals.
(b) The commissioner shall periodically evaluate the priorities in awarding innovation grants under this section to ensure that the priorities meet the changing workforce needs of the state.
History:
2023 c 70 art 5 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.193 — Inventory Of Biological And Health Data.

144.193 INVENTORY OF BIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH DATA.
By February 1, 2014, and annually after that date, the commissioner shall prepare an inventory of biological specimens, registries, and health data and databases collected or maintained by the commissioner. In addition to the inventory, the commissioner shall provide the schedules for storage of health data and biological specimens. The inventories must be listed in reverse chronological order beginning with the year 2012. The commissioner shall make the inventory and schedules available on the department's website.
History:
2013 c 82 s 12; 2022 c 98 art 14 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.196 — Cannabis Data Collection And Biennial Reports.

144.196 CANNABIS DATA COLLECTION AND BIENNIAL REPORTS.
Subdivision 1.
General.
The commissioner of health shall engage in research and data collection activities to measure the prevalence of cannabis flower use and the use of cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products in the state by persons under 21 years of age and by persons 21 years of age or older, and the trends in hospital-treated cannabis poisoning and adverse events. In order to collect data, the commissioner may modify existing data collection tools used by the department or other state agencies or may establish one or more new data collection tools.
Subd. 2.
Statewide assessment; baseline data; updates.
(a) The commissioner shall conduct a statewide assessment to establish a baseline for the prevalence of cannabis flower use and the use of cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products in the state, and the trends in hospital-treated cannabis poisoning and adverse events broken out by:
(1) the current age of the customer;
(2) the age at which the customer began consuming cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products;
(3) whether the customer consumes cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products, and by type of product that the customer consumes, if applicable;
(4) the amount of cannabis flower, cannabis product, lower-potency hemp edible, or hemp-derived consumer product typically consumed at one time;
(5) the typical frequency of consumption; and
(6) other criteria specified by the commissioner.
(b) The initial assessment must be completed by July 1, 2024. The commissioner shall collect updated data under this subdivision at least every two years thereafter.
Subd. 3.
Reports.
Beginning January 1, 2025, and January 1 every two years thereafter, the commissioner shall issue a public report on the prevalence of cannabis flower use and the use of cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products in the state by persons under age 21 and by persons age 21 or older. The report may include recommendations from the commissioner for changes to this chapter that would discourage or prevent personal use of cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products by persons under age 21, that would discourage personal use of cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products by pregnant or breastfeeding individuals, that would prevent access to cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products by young children, or that would otherwise promote public health.
History:
2023 c 63 art 6 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.211 — Citation.

144.211 CITATION.
Sections 144.211 to 144.227 may be cited as the "Vital Records Act."
History:
1978 c 699 s 1; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.213 — Office Of Vital Records.

144.213 OFFICE OF VITAL RECORDS.
Subdivision 1.
Creation; state registrar; Office of Vital Records.
The commissioner shall establish an Office of Vital Records under the supervision of the state registrar. The commissioner shall promulgate rules for the collection, filing, and registering of vital records information by the state registrar, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, morticians, and others. Except as otherwise provided in sections 144.211 to 144.227, rules previously promulgated by the commissioner relating to the collection, filing and registering of vital records shall remain in effect until repealed, modified or superseded by a rule promulgated by the commissioner.
Subd. 2.
General duties.
(a) The state registrar shall maintain a statewide system of vital records. The state registrar is responsible for the administration and enforcement of sections 144.211 to 144.227 and shall supervise the enforcement of sections 144.211 to 144.227 and the rules promulgated thereunder. Local issuance offices that fail to comply with the statutes or rules or to properly train employees may have their issuance privileges and access to the vital records system revoked.
(b) To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of original records and files in the Office of Vital Records. The reproductions, when certified by the state registrar, shall be accepted as the original records.
(c) The state registrar shall also:
(1) establish, designate, and eliminate offices in the state to aid in the efficient issuance of vital records;
(2) direct the activities of all persons engaged in activities pertaining to the operation of the system of vital records;
(3) develop and conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and procedures throughout the state in matters pertaining to the system of vital records; and
(4) prescribe, furnish, and distribute all forms required by sections 144.211 to 144.227 and any rules adopted under these sections, and prescribe other means for the transmission of data, including electronic submission, that will accomplish the purpose of complete, accurate, and timely reporting and registration.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed by amendment, 2013 c 108 art 12 s 17]
History:
1978 c 699 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32; 2013 c 108 art 12 s 17; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109; 2017 c 59 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2131 — Security Of Vital Records System.

144.2131 SECURITY OF VITAL RECORDS SYSTEM.
The state registrar shall:
(1) authenticate all users of the system of vital records and document that all users require access based on their official duties;
(2) authorize authenticated users of the system of vital records to access specific components of the vital records systems necessary for their official roles and duties;
(3) establish separation of duties between staff roles that may be susceptible to fraud or misuse and routinely perform audits of staff work for the purposes of identifying fraud or misuse within the vital records system;
(4) require that authenticated and authorized users of the system of vital records maintain a specified level of training related to security and provide written acknowledgment of security procedures and penalties;
(5) validate data submitted for registration through site visits or with independent sources outside the registration system at a frequency specified by the state registrar to maximize the integrity of the data collected;
(6) protect personally identifiable information and maintain systems pursuant to applicable state and federal laws;
(7) accept a report of death if the decedent was born in Minnesota or if the decedent was a resident of Minnesota from the United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of State when the death of a United States citizen occurs outside the United States;
(8) match death records registered in Minnesota and death records provided from other jurisdictions to live birth records in Minnesota;
(9) match death records received from the United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of State for deaths of United States citizens occurring outside the United States to live birth records in Minnesota;
(10) work with law enforcement to initiate and provide evidence for active fraud investigations;
(11) provide secure workplace, storage, and technology environments that have limited role-based access;
(12) maintain overt, covert, and forensic security measures for certifications, verifications, and automated systems that are part of the vital records system; and
(13) comply with applicable state and federal laws and rules associated with information technology systems and related information security requirements.
History:
2013 c 108 art 12 s 18; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2151 — Fetal Death Record And Certificate Of Birth Resulting In Stillbirth.

144.2151 FETAL DEATH RECORD AND CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH RESULTING IN STILLBIRTH.
Subdivision 1.
Registration.
A fetal death record must be established for each fetal death reported and registered under section 144.222, subdivision 1.
Subd. 2.
Information to parents.
The party responsible for filing a fetal death report under section 144.222, subdivision 1, shall advise the parent or parents of a stillbirth:
(1) that the parent or parents may choose to provide a full name or provide only a last name for the record;
(2) that the parent or parents may request a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth after the fetal death record is established;
(3) that the parent who gave birth may request an informational copy of the fetal death record; and
(4) that the parent or parents named on the fetal death record and the party responsible for reporting the fetal death may correct or amend the record to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records.
Subd. 3.
Responsibilities of the state registrar.
The state registrar shall:
(1) prescribe the process to:
(i) register a fetal death;
(ii) request the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth; and
(iii) request the informational copy of a fetal death record;
(2) prescribe a standardized format for the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, which shall integrate security features and be as similar as possible to a birth certificate;
(3) issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth or a statement of no vital record found to the parent or parents named on the fetal death record upon the parent's proper completion of an attestation provided by the commissioner and payment of the required fee;
(4) correct or amend the fetal death record upon a request from the parent who gave birth, parents, or the person who registered the fetal death or filed the report; and
(5) refuse to amend or correct the fetal death record when an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required to amend the record or when the state registrar has cause to question the validity or completeness of the applicant's statements or any documentary evidence and the deficiencies are not corrected. The state registrar shall advise the applicant of the reason for this action and shall further advise the applicant of the right of appeal to a court with competent jurisdiction over the Department of Health.
Subd. 4.
Delayed registration.
If a fetal death occurred in this state at any time for which a fetal death report was required under section 144.222, subdivision 1, but a fetal death was not registered and a record was not established, a person responsible for registering the fetal death, the medical examiner or coroner with jurisdiction, or a parent may submit to the state registrar a written request to register the fetal death and submit the evidence to support the request.
Subd. 5.
MS 2022 [Repealed by amendment, 2023 c 70 art 3 s 4]
History:
2005 c 60 s 1; 2023 c 70 art 3 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.216 — Foundling Registration.

144.216 FOUNDLING REGISTRATION.
Subdivision 1.
Reporting foundling.
Whoever finds a live born infant of unknown parentage shall report within five days to the Office of Vital Records such information as the commissioner may by rule require to identify the foundling.
Subd. 2.
Status of foundling reports.
A report registered under subdivision 1 shall constitute the record of birth for the child. If the child is identified and a record of birth is found or obtained, the report registered under subdivision 1 shall be confidential pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3, and shall not be disclosed except pursuant to court order.
History:
1978 c 699 s 6; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32; 2013 c 108 art 12 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.217 — Delayed Records Of Birth.

144.217 DELAYED RECORDS OF BIRTH.
Subdivision 1.
Evidence required for filing.
Before a delayed record of birth is registered, the person presenting the delayed vital record for registration shall offer evidence of the facts contained in the vital record, as required by the rules of the commissioner. In the absence of the evidence required, the delayed vital record shall not be registered. No delayed record of birth shall be registered for a deceased person.
Subd. 2.
Court petition.
If a delayed record of birth is rejected under subdivision 1, a person may petition the appropriate court in the county in which the birth allegedly occurred for an order establishing a record of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to be registered. The petition shall state:
(1) that the person for whom a delayed record of birth is sought was born in this state;
(2) that no record of birth can be found in the Office of Vital Records;
(3) that diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the evidence required in subdivision 1;
(4) that the state registrar has refused to register a delayed record of birth; and
(5) other information as may be required by the court.
Subd. 3.
Court order.
The court shall fix a time and place for a hearing on the petition and shall give the state registrar ten days' notice of the hearing. The state registrar may appear and testify in the proceeding. If the court is satisfied from the evidence received at the hearing of the truth of the statements in the petition, the court shall order the registration of the delayed vital record.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 16,33]
History:
1978 c 699 s 7; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 16; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2013 c 108 art 12 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2181 — Amendment And Correction Of Vital Records.

144.2181 AMENDMENT AND CORRECTION OF VITAL RECORDS.
(a) A vital record registered under sections 144.212 to 144.227 may be amended or corrected only according to sections 144.212 to 144.227 and rules adopted by the commissioner of health to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records.
(b)(1) A vital record that is amended under this section shall indicate that it has been amended, except as otherwise provided in this section or by rule.
(2) Electronic documentation shall be maintained by the state registrar that identifies the evidence upon which the amendment or correction was based, the date of the amendment or correction, and the identity of the authorized person making the amendment or correction.
(c) Upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction changing the name of a person whose birth is registered in Minnesota and upon request of such person if 18 years of age or older or having the status of emancipated minor, the state registrar shall amend the birth record to show the new name. If the person is a minor or an incapacitated person then a parent, guardian, or legal representative of the minor or incapacitated person may make the request.
(d) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required for amending a vital record or when the state registrar has cause to question the validity or completeness of the applicant's statements or the documentary evidence, and the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not amend the vital record. The state registrar shall advise the applicant of the reason for this action and shall further advise the applicant of the right of appeal to a court with competent jurisdiction over the Department of Health.
History:
2013 c 108 art 12 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.221 — Death Registration.

144.221 DEATH REGISTRATION.
Subdivision 1.
When and where to file.
A death record for each death which occurs in the state shall be filed with the state registrar within five days after death and prior to final disposition.
Subd. 2.
Rules governing death registration.
The commissioner of health shall establish in rule an orderly mechanism for the registration of deaths including at least a designation for who must file the death record, a procedure for the registration of deaths in moving conveyances, and provision to include cause and certification of death and assurance of registration prior to final disposition.
Subd. 3.
When no body is found.
When circumstances suggest that a death has occurred although a dead body cannot be produced to confirm the fact of death, a death record shall not be registered until a court has adjudicated the fact of death.
History:
1978 c 699 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 18,19,32; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 56
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2215 — Minnesota Birth Defects Information System.

144.2215 MINNESOTA BIRTH DEFECTS INFORMATION SYSTEM.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The commissioner of health shall establish and maintain an information system containing data on the cause, treatment, prevention, and cure of major birth defects. The commissioner shall consult with representatives and experts in epidemiology, medicine, insurance, health maintenance organizations, genetics, consumers, and voluntary organizations in developing the system and may phase in the implementation of the system. Sections 144.2215 to 144.2219 apply to birth defects that develop during pregnancy and:
(1) result in live births; or
(2) result in fetal deaths, reportable under section 144.222.
Subd. 2.
Duties of commissioner.
The commissioner of health shall design a system that allows the commissioner to:
(1) monitor incidence trends of birth defects to detect potential public health problems, predict risks, and assist in responding to birth defects clusters;
(2) more accurately target intervention, prevention, and services for communities, patients, and their families;
(3) inform health professionals and citizens of the prevalence of and risks for birth defects;
(4) conduct scientific investigation and surveys of the causes, mortality, methods of treatment, prevention, and cure for birth defects;
(5) modify, as necessary, the birth defects information system through demonstration projects;
(6) remove identifying information about a child whose parent or legal guardian has chosen not to participate in the system as permitted by section 144.2216, subdivision 4;
(7) protect the individually identifiable information as required by section 144.2217;
(8) limit the dissemination of identifying information as required by sections 144.2218 and 144.2219; and
(9) use the birth defects coding scheme defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States Public Health Service.
History:
1996 c 451 art 4 s 6; 2004 c 288 art 6 s 11; 2004 c 290 s 25; 2018 c 152 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2216 — Birth Defects Records And Reports Required.

144.2216 BIRTH DEFECTS RECORDS AND REPORTS REQUIRED.
Subdivision 1.
Hospitals and similar institutions.
With the informed consent of a parent or guardian, as provided in subdivision 4, a hospital, medical clinic, medical laboratory, or other institution for the hospitalization, clinical or laboratory diagnosis, or care of human beings shall provide the commissioner of health with access to information on each birth defect case in the manner and at the times that the commissioner designates.
Subd. 2.
Other information repositories.
With the informed consent of a parent or guardian, as provided in subdivision 4, other repositories of information on the diagnosis or care of infants may provide the commissioner with access to information on each case of birth defects in the manner and at the times that the commissioner designates.
Subd. 3.
Reporting without liability.
Furnishing information in good faith in compliance with this section does not subject the person, hospital, medical clinic, medical laboratory, data repository, or other institution furnishing the information to any action for damages or relief.
Subd. 4.
Opt out.
A parent or legal guardian must be informed by the commissioner at the time of the initial data collection that they may request removal at any time of personal identifying information concerning a child from the birth defects information system using a written form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall advise parents or legal guardians:
(1) that the information on birth defects may be retained by the Department of Health;
(2) of the benefit and privacy implications of retaining birth defects records;
(3) that they may elect to have the birth defects information collected once, within one year of birth or fetal death, as defined in section 144.222, but to require that all personally identifying information be destroyed immediately upon the commissioner receiving the information. If the parents or legal guardians object in writing to the maintaining of birth defects information, the objection or election shall be recorded on a form that is signed by a parent or legal guardian and submitted to the commissioner of health; and
(4) that if the parent or legal guardian chooses to opt-out, the commissioner will not be able to inform the parent or legal guardian of information related to the prevention, treatment, or cause of a particular birth defect.
History:
2004 c 288 art 6 s 12; 2004 c 290 s 26; 2018 c 152 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2217 — Classification Of Birth Defects Information.

144.2217 CLASSIFICATION OF BIRTH DEFECTS INFORMATION.
Information collected on individuals for the birth defects information system are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, and may only be used for the purposes in sections 144.2215 to 144.2219. Any disclosure other than one provided for in sections 144.2215 to 144.2219 is a misdemeanor.
History:
2004 c 288 art 6 s 13; 2004 c 290 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2218 — Transfers Of Information To Other Government Agencies.

144.2218 TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION TO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
Information collected by the birth defects information system may be disseminated to a state or local government agency in Minnesota or another state solely for purposes consistent with sections 144.2215 to 144.2219, provided that the state or local government agency agrees to maintain the classification of the information as provided under section 144.2217. Information collected by other states consistent with sections 144.2215 to 144.2219 may be received by the commissioner of health and must be maintained according to section 144.2217.
History:
2004 c 288 art 6 s 14; 2004 c 290 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2219 — Transfers Of Information To Research Entities.

144.2219 TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION TO RESEARCH ENTITIES.
Information from the birth defects information system that does not contain identifying information may be shared with research entities upon request for studies approved by the commissioner and appropriate institutional review boards. For studies approved by the commissioner that require identifying information about a child or a parent or legal guardian of the child, the commissioner shall contact the parent or legal guardian to obtain informed consent to share identifying information with the research entity. Notwithstanding section 144.295, the parent or legal guardian must provide informed consent before the information may be shared. The commissioner must collect all reasonable costs of locating and obtaining consent from the research entity.
History:
2004 c 288 art 6 s 15; 2004 c 290 s 29; 2007 c 147 art 10 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.222 — Fetal Death Reports And Registration.

144.222 FETAL DEATH REPORTS AND REGISTRATION.
Subdivision 1.
Fetal death report required.
A fetal death must be registered or reported within five days of the death of a fetus for whom 20 or more weeks of gestation have elapsed, except for abortions defined under section 145.411, subdivision 5. A fetal death must be registered or reported in a format prescribed by the state registrar and filed in accordance with Minnesota Rules, parts 4601.0100 to 4601.2600 by:
(1) a person in charge of an institution or that person's authorized designee if a fetus is delivered in the institution or en route to the institution;
(2) a physician, certified nurse midwife, or other licensed medical personnel in attendance at or immediately after the delivery if a fetus is delivered outside an institution; or
(3) a parent or other person in charge of the disposition of the remains if a fetal death occurred without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery.
Subd. 2.
MS 2022 [Repealed by amendment, 2023 c 70 art 3 s 5]
History:
1978 c 699 s 11; 1984 c 637 s 2; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 20; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 60 s 3; 2023 c 70 art 3 s 5; art 4 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.223 — Report Of Marriage.

144.223 REPORT OF MARRIAGE.
Data relating to certificates of marriage registered shall be reported to the state registrar by the local registrar or designee of the county board in each of the 87 registration districts pursuant to the rules of the commissioner. The information in clause (1) necessary to compile the report shall be furnished by the applicant prior to the issuance of the marriage license. The report shall contain the following:
(1) personal information on bride and groom:
(i) name;
(ii) residence;
(iii) date and place of birth;
(iv) if previously married, how terminated; and
(v) signature of applicant, date signed, and Social Security number; and
(2) information concerning the marriage:
(i) date of marriage;
(ii) place of marriage; and
(iii) civil or religious ceremony.
History:
1977 c 305 s 45; 1978 c 699 s 12; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 21; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2021 c 30 art 3 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2253 — Birth Parent Contact Preference Form.

144.2253 BIRTH PARENT CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM.
(a) The commissioner must make available to the public a contact preference form as described in paragraph (b).
(b) The contact preference form must provide the following information to be completed at the option of a birth parent:
(1) "I would like to be contacted."
(2) "I would prefer to be contacted only through an intermediary."
(3) "I prefer not to be contacted at this time. If I decide later that I would like to be contacted, I will submit an updated contact preference form to the Minnesota Department of Health."
(c) A contact preference form must include space where the birth parent may include information that the birth parent feels is important for the adopted person to know.
(d) If a birth parent of an adopted person submits a completed contact preference form to the commissioner, the commissioner must:
(1) match the contact preference form to the adopted person's original birth record; and
(2) attach the contact preference form to the original birth record as required under section 144.2252.
(e) A contact preference form submitted to the commissioner under this section is private data on an individual as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, except that the contact preference form may be released as provided under section 144.2252, subdivision 2.
History:
2023 c 70 art 4 s 33
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2254 — Previously Filed Consents To Disclosure And Affidavits Of Nondisclosure.

144.2254 PREVIOUSLY FILED CONSENTS TO DISCLOSURE AND AFFIDAVITS OF NONDISCLOSURE.
(a) The commissioner must inform a person applying for an original birth record under section 144.2252 of the existence of an unrevoked consent to disclosure or an affidavit of nondisclosure on file with the department, including the name of the birth parent who filed the consent or affidavit. If a birth parent authorized the release of the birth parent's address on an unrevoked consent to disclosure, the commissioner shall provide the address to the person who requests the original birth record.
(b) A birth parent's consent to disclosure or affidavit of nondisclosure filed with the commissioner of health expires and has no force or effect beginning on June 30, 2024.
History:
2023 c 70 art 4 s 34
NOTE:
This section, as added by Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 4, section 34, is effective July 1, 2024. Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 4, section 34, the effective date.
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.227 — Penalties.

144.227 PENALTIES.
Subdivision 1.
False statements.
A person who intentionally makes a false statement in a certificate, vital record, or report required to be filed under sections 144.211 to 144.2131 or 144.216 to 144.227, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or in an application for a certified vital record or who supplies false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of a report, vital record, certificate, or amendment thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.
Fraud.
A person who, without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, willfully and knowingly makes, counterfeits, alters, obtains, possesses, uses, or sells a certificate, vital record, or report required to be filed under sections 144.211 to 144.227 or a certified certificate, vital record, or report, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 3.
Birth registration.
A person who intentionally makes a false statement in a registration required under section 144.215 or in an application for an amendment to such a registration or who intentionally supplies false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of a registration under section 144.215 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. This offense shall be prosecuted by the county attorney.
History:
1978 c 699 s 16; 1994 c 631 s 1,2; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 30; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.29 — Health Records; Children Of School Age.

144.29 HEALTH RECORDS; CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
It shall be the duty of every school nurse, school physician, school attendance officer, superintendent of schools, principal, teacher, and of the persons charged with the duty of compiling and keeping the school census records, to cause a health record to be kept for each child of school age. Such record shall be kept in such form that it may be transferred with the child to any school which the child shall attend within the state. It shall contain a record of such student health data as defined in section 13.32, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), and shall be classified as private data as defined in section 13.32, subdivision 3. Nothing in sections 144.29 to 144.32 shall be construed to require any child whose parent or guardian objects in writing thereto to undergo a physical or medical examination or treatment. A copy shall be forwarded to the proper department of any state to which the child shall remove. Each district shall assign a teacher, school nurse, or other professional person to review, at the beginning of each school year, the health record of all pupils under the assignee's direction. Growth, results of vision and hearing screening, and findings obtained from health assessments must be entered periodically on the pupil's health record.
History:
(5356-1) 1929 c 277 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1993 c 224 art 12 s 30; 1Sp1997 c 3 s 23; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 6 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.2935 — Health Records; Reproductive Health Care Services.

144.2935 HEALTH RECORDS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For purposes of this section, "reproductive health care services" means medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including but not limited to services related to pregnancy, contraception, or the termination of a pregnancy.
Subd. 2.
Law or court order of another state.
Neither a law in another state authorizing a civil or criminal subpoena to obtain a patient's health records relating to the provision of reproductive health care services to the patient, nor an order issued by a court in another state authorizing the investigation or enforcement of another state's law that restricts or punishes the provision, receipt, or attempted provision or receipt of reproductive health care services to a patient, constitutes a specific authorization in law under section 144.293, subdivision 2.
History:
2023 c 31 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.295 — Disclosure Of Health Records For External Research.

144.295 DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH RECORDS FOR EXTERNAL RESEARCH.
Subdivision 1.
Methods of release.
(a) Notwithstanding section 144.293, subdivisions 2 and 4, health records may be released to an external researcher solely for purposes of medical or scientific research only as follows:
(1) health records generated before January 1, 1997, may be released if the patient has not objected or does not elect to object after that date;
(2) for health records generated on or after January 1, 1997, the provider must:
(i) disclose in writing to patients currently being treated by the provider that health records, regardless of when generated, may be released and that the patient may object, in which case the records will not be released; and
(ii) use reasonable efforts to obtain the patient's written general authorization that describes the release of records in item (i), which does not expire but may be revoked or limited in writing at any time by the patient or the patient's authorized representative;
(3) the provider must advise the patient of the rights specified in clause (4); and
(4) the provider must, at the request of the patient, provide information on how the patient may contact an external researcher to whom the health record was released and the date it was released.
(b) Authorization may be established if an authorization is mailed at least two times to the patient's last known address with a postage prepaid return envelope and a conspicuous notice that the patient's medical records may be released if the patient does not object, and at least 60 days have expired since the second notice was sent.
Subd. 2.
Duties of researcher.
In making a release for research purposes, the provider shall make a reasonable effort to determine that:
(1) the use or disclosure does not violate any limitations under which the record was collected;
(2) the use or disclosure in individually identifiable form is necessary to accomplish the research or statistical purpose for which the use or disclosure is to be made;
(3) the recipient has established and maintains adequate safeguards to protect the records from unauthorized disclosure, including a procedure for removal or destruction of information that identifies the patient; and
(4) further use or release of the records in individually identifiable form to a person other than the patient without the patient's consent is prohibited.
History:
2007 c 147 art 10 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.296 — Copies Of Videotapes.

144.296 COPIES OF VIDEOTAPES.
A provider may not release a copy of a videotape of a child victim or alleged victim of physical or sexual abuse without a court order under section 13.03, subdivision 6, or as provided in section 611A.90. This section does not limit the right of a patient to view the videotape.
History:
2007 c 147 art 10 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.297 — Independent Medical Examination.

144.297 INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
Sections 144.291 to 144.298 apply to the subject and provider of an independent medical examination requested by or paid for by a third party. Notwithstanding section 144.293, a provider may release health records created as part of an independent medical examination to the third party who requested or paid for the examination.
History:
2007 c 147 art 10 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.298 — Penalties.

144.298 PENALTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Licensing action.
A violation of sections 144.291 to 144.298 may be grounds for disciplinary action against a provider by the appropriate licensing board or agency.
Subd. 2.
Liability of provider or other person.
A person who does any of the following is liable to the patient for compensatory damages caused by an unauthorized release or an intentional, unauthorized access, plus costs and reasonable attorney fees:
(1) negligently or intentionally requests or releases a health record in violation of sections 144.291 to 144.297;
(2) forges a signature on a consent form or materially alters the consent form of another person without the person's consent;
(3) obtains a consent form or the health records of another person under false pretenses; or
(4) intentionally violates sections 144.291 to 144.297 by intentionally accessing a record locator or patient information service without authorization.
Subd. 3.
Liability for record locator or patient information service.
A patient is entitled to receive compensatory damages plus costs and reasonable attorney fees if a health information exchange maintaining a record locator or patient information service, or an entity maintaining a record locator or patient information service for a health information exchange, negligently or intentionally violates the provisions of section 144.293, subdivision 8.
History:
2007 c 147 art 10 s 9; 2012 c 247 art 2 s 5; 2015 c 71 art 8 s 21,22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.30 — Copies Of Records Evidence In Juvenile Court.

144.30 COPIES OF RECORDS EVIDENCE IN JUVENILE COURT.
When any child shall be brought into juvenile court the court shall request, and the custodian of the record shall furnish, a complete certified copy of such record to the court, which copy shall be received as evidence in the case; and no decision or disposition of the pending matter shall be finally made until such record, if existing, shall be considered.
History:
(5356-2) 1929 c 277 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.32 — False Statements Cause For Discharge.

144.32 FALSE STATEMENTS CAUSE FOR DISCHARGE.
Any intentionally false statement in such certificate and any act or omission of a superintendent or superior officer to connive at or permit the same shall be deemed good cause for summary discharge of the person at fault regardless of any contract.
History:
(5356-4) 1929 c 277 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.334 — Right To Request Patient Information.

144.334 RIGHT TO REQUEST PATIENT INFORMATION.
Upon an oral or written request by a spouse, parent, child, or sibling for information about a patient who is being evaluated for or diagnosed with mental illness, a provider must notify the requesting individual of the right under section 144.294 to have the provider request the patient's authorization to release information about the patient to a designated individual.
History:
2000 c 316 s 1; 2007 c 147 art 10 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.3351 — Immunization Data.

144.3351 IMMUNIZATION DATA.
Providers as defined in section 144.291, subdivision 2, group purchasers as defined in section 62J.03, subdivision 6, elementary or secondary schools or child care facilities as defined in section 121A.15, subdivision 9, public or private postsecondary educational institutions as defined in section 135A.14, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), a community health board as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, community action agencies as defined in section 256E.31, subdivision 1, and the commissioner of health may exchange immunization data with one another, without the patient's consent, if the person requesting access provides services on behalf of the patient. For purposes of this section immunization data includes:
(1) patient's name, address, date of birth, gender, parent or guardian's name; and
(2) date vaccine was received, vaccine type, lot number, and manufacturer of all immunizations received by the patient, and whether there is a contraindication or an adverse reaction indication.
This section applies to all immunization data, regardless of when the immunization occurred.
History:
1992 c 569 s 12; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 35; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 2005 c 98 art 1 s 24; 2007 c 147 art 10 s 15; 2014 c 291 art 7 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.3352 — Hepatitis B Maternal Carrier Data; Infant Immunization.

144.3352 HEPATITIS B MATERNAL CARRIER DATA; INFANT IMMUNIZATION.
The commissioner of health or a community health board may inform the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant attending a newborn of the hepatitis B infection status of the biological mother.
History:
1994 c 618 art 1 s 20; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 21; 2022 c 58 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.336 — Registry Of Persons Typed For Human Leukocyte Antigens.

144.336 REGISTRY OF PERSONS TYPED FOR HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS.
Subdivision 1.
Release restricted.
No person, including the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision, that maintains or operates a registry of the names of persons, their human leukocyte antigen types, and their willingness to be a tissue donor shall reveal the identity of the person or the person's human leukocyte antigen type without the person's consent. If the data are maintained by a governmental entity, the data are classified as private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
Subd. 2.
Duties.
Persons that maintain or operate a registry described in subdivision 1 have no responsibility for any search beyond their own records to identify potential donors for the benefit of any person seeking a tissue transplant and have no duty to encourage potential donors to assist persons seeking a tissue transplant, and are not liable for their failure to do so.
History:
1984 c 436 s 33; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 144 — Department Of Health › Section 144.34 — Investigation And Control Of Occupational Diseases.

144.34 INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES.
Any physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant having under professional care any person whom the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant believes to be suffering from poisoning from lead, phosphorus, arsenic, brass, silica dust, carbon monoxide gas, wood alcohol, or mercury, or their compounds, or from anthrax or from compressed-air illness or any other disease contracted as a result of the nature of the employment of such person shall within five days mail to the Department of Health a report stating the name, address, and occupation of such patient, the name, address, and business of the patient's employer, the nature of the disease, and such other information as may reasonably be required by the department. The department shall prepare and furnish the physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants of this state suitable blanks for the reports herein required. No report made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be admissible as evidence of the facts therein stated in any action at law or in any action under the Workers' Compensation Act against any employer of such diseased person. The Department of Health is authorized to investigate and to make recommendations for the elimination or prevention of occupational diseases which have been reported to it, or which shall be reported to it, in accordance with the provisions of this section. The department is also authorized to study and provide advice in regard to conditions that may be suspected of causing occupational diseases. Information obtained upon investigations made in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be admissible as evidence in any action at law to recover damages for personal injury or in any action under the Workers' Compensation Act. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with or limit the powers of the Department of Labor and Industry to make inspections of places of employment or issue orders for the protection of the health of the persons therein employed. When upon investigation the commissioner of health reaches a conclusion that a condition exists which is dangerous to the life and health of the workers in any industry or factory or other industrial institutions the commissioner shall file a report thereon with the Department of Labor and Industry.
History:
(4327-1) 1939 c 322; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1986 c 444; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 22; 2022 c 58 s 27