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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.09 — Records Of Board.

326.09 RECORDS OF BOARD.
The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applicants for licensing, showing for each the date of application, name, age, educational and other qualifications, place of business, and the place of residence, whether or not an examination was required and whether the applicant was rejected or a license granted, and the date of such action. The books and register of the board shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein. A roster showing the names and places of business or of residence of all licensed architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, geoscientists, and certified interior designers shall be prepared annually. Rosters may be printed out of the funds of the board.
History:
(5697-8) 1921 c 523 s 8; 1955 c 847 s 23; 1957 c 15; 1975 c 329 s 11; 1976 c 222 s 144; 1992 c 507 s 13; 1995 c 206 s 15; 1998 c 324 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.105 — Fees.

326.105 FEES.
The fee for licensure or renewal of licensure as an architect, professional engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscience professional is $120 per biennium. The fee for certification as a certified interior designer or for renewal of the certificate is $120 per biennium. The fee for an architect applying for original certification as a certified interior designer is $50 per biennium. The initial license or certification fee for all professions is $120. The renewal fee shall be paid biennially on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. The renewal fee, when paid by mail, is not timely paid unless it is postmarked on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. The application fee is $25 for in-training applicants and $75 for professional license applicants.
History:
1999 c 213 s 1; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 59; 2000 c 488 art 2 s 20; 2006 c 282 art 11 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.106 — Definitions.

326.106 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
The terms used in section 326.107 have the meanings given them in this section.
Subd. 2.
Biennial renewal.
"Biennial renewal" means a period of time consisting of two consecutive 12-month periods ending on June 30 of each even-numbered year.
Subd. 3.
Dual license or certificate holder.
"Dual license or certificate holder" means a person who is licensed or certified in two professions regulated by the board.
Subd. 4.
Professional development hours.
"Professional development hours" means contact hours consisting of not less than 50 minutes each of instruction or presentation meeting the requirements of section 326.107.
History:
1999 c 213 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.11 — License And Certificate Regulation.

326.11 LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE REGULATION.
Subdivision 1.
Revocation or suspension.
The board shall have the power to revoke or suspend the license or certificate of any architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, geoscientist, or certified interior designer, who is found guilty by the board of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a license or certificate, or of attaching the licensee's or certificate holder's seal or signature to any plan, specification, report, plat, or other architectural, engineering, land surveying, landscape architectural, geoscientific, or interior design document not prepared by the person signing or sealing it or under that person's direct supervision, or of gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, or interior design, or upon conviction of any violation of sections 326.02 to 326.15 or amendments thereof, or of any crime involving moral turpitude or upon adjudication of insanity or incompetency.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
Subd. 5.
Reissuance.
The board may reissue a license to any person whose license has been suspended or revoked upon application for relicensure.
Subd. 6.
Replacement.
A new license to replace any license revoked, lost, destroyed, or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules of the board.
History:
(5697-10) 1921 c 523 s 10; 1945 c 380 s 4; 1949 c 86 s 4; Ex1967 c 28 s 8; 1975 c 329 s 13-16; 1976 c 222 s 146-148; 1978 c 514 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 32; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 507 s 17; 1995 c 206 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.14 — Corporations And Partnerships Authorized.

326.14 CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS AUTHORIZED.
A corporation, partnership or other firm may engage in work of an architectural or engineering character, in land surveying, in landscape architecture, or in geoscience, or use the title of certified interior designer in this state, provided the person or persons connected with such corporation, partnership or other firm in responsible charge of such work is or are licensed or certified as herein required for the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and geoscience, and use of the title of certified interior designer.
History:
(5697-14) 1921 c 523 s 14; 1933 c 404 s 5; 1945 c 380 s 6; 1975 c 329 s 19; 1976 c 222 s 151; 1992 c 507 s 20; 1995 c 206 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.15 — False Impersonation.

326.15 FALSE IMPERSONATION.
It shall be unlawful for any person to present or attempt to use as the person's own the seal or certificate of another, or to give false or forged evidence of any kind to the board, or any member thereof, or to falsely impersonate any licensee or certificate holder of like or different name, or to use or attempt to use as the person's own the license of another issued by any authority outside of this state, or to use or attempt to use an expired or revoked or suspended license.
History:
(5697-15) 1921 c 523 s 15; 1945 c 380 s 7; 1976 c 222 s 152; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 62
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.33 — Board Of Private Detective And Protective Agent Services.

326.33
MS 1965 [Repealed, 1945 c 130 s 1]
326.33 BOARD OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE AND PROTECTIVE AGENT SERVICES.
Subdivision 1.
Members.
There is hereby created a Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services, consisting of the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or an assistant superintendent designated by the superintendent, and the following members appointed by the commissioner of public safety: a licensed protective agent, or qualified representative for a licensed protective agent partnership or corporation, a licensed private detective, or qualified representative for a licensed private detective partnership or corporation, and two public members. Filling of member vacancies shall be the responsibility of the commissioner of public safety. Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements shall be as provided in sections 214.07 to 214.09. The provision of staff, unless otherwise provided in sections 326.32 to 326.339; administrative services and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of board fees, unless otherwise provided in sections 326.32 to 326.339; and other provisions relating to board operations shall be as provided in chapter 214.
Subd. 2.
Meetings; chair.
The board shall meet at the times it considers necessary to conduct business ascribed to the board by the provisions of sections 326.32 to 326.339. The board shall designate one of its members to fill the position of board chair, and that person may remain in the capacity of chair for a term of one year. The board has the option of replacing a board member as chair.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
Subd. 6.
Compensation to board members.
Members of the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services shall receive, in addition to necessary traveling and lodging expenses, a per diem payment as specified in section 214.09, subdivision 3, per day for each day actually engaged in board activities, provided, however, members of the board who are state employees will be governed by state rules regarding travel expense and per diem payments.
History:
1974 c 310 s 5; 1975 c 136 s 64; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 149 s 54; 1976 c 222 s 170-172; 1980 c 509 s 128; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 531 s 8; 1984 c 649 s 1,5; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 360 s 7,8; 2000 c 445 art 1 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3311 — Powers And Duties.

326.3311 POWERS AND DUTIES.
The board has the following powers and duties:
(1) to receive and review all applications for private detective and protective agent licenses;
(2) to approve applications for private detective and protective agent licenses and issue, or reissue licenses as provided in sections 326.32 to 326.339;
(3) to deny applications for private detective and protective agent licenses if the applicants do not meet the requirements of sections 326.32 to 326.339; upon denial of a license application, the board shall notify the applicant of the denial and the facts and circumstances that constitute the denial; the board shall advise the applicant of the right to a contested case hearing under chapter 14;
(4) to enforce all laws and rules governing private detectives and protective agents;
(5) to suspend or revoke the license of a license holder or impose a civil penalty on a license holder for violations of any provision of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or the rules of the board;
(6) to investigate and refer for prosecution all criminal violations by individuals and entities; and
(7) to investigate and refer for prosecution any individuals and entities operating as private detectives or protective agents without a license.
History:
1987 c 360 s 9; 2023 c 52 art 10 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3321 — Employees.

326.3321 EMPLOYEES.
Subdivision 1.
Executive director.
The commissioner of public safety shall appoint an executive director to serve in the unclassified service at the pleasure of the commissioner. The executive director shall perform the duties as the board and commissioner shall prescribe.
Subd. 2.
Others.
The board may employ and assign duties to other employees or agents as it considers necessary to discharge the functions of the board.
History:
1987 c 360 s 10; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3331 — Rulemaking.

326.3331 RULEMAKING.
The board shall adopt rules under chapter 14 to govern the selection, training, conduct, discipline, and licensing of private detectives and protective agents, and any other matters necessary to carry out duties imposed by sections 326.32 to 326.339.
History:
1987 c 360 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3341 — Exemptions.

326.3341 EXEMPTIONS.
Sections 326.32 to 326.339 do not apply to:
(1) an employee while providing security or conducting an investigation of a pending or potential claim against the employee's employer;
(2) a peace officer or employee of the United States, this state or one of its political subdivisions, while engaged in the discharge of official duties for the government employer;
(3) persons engaged exclusively in obtaining and furnishing information as to the financial standing, rating, and credit responsibility of persons or as to the personal habits and financial responsibility of applicants for insurance, indemnity bonds, or commercial credit;
(4) an attorney-at-law while performing the duties of an attorney-at-law or an investigator employed exclusively by an attorney or a law firm engaged in investigating legal matters;
(5) a collection agency or finance company licensed to do business under the laws of this state or an employee of one of those companies while acting within the scope of employment when making an investigation incidental to the business of the agency, including an investigation as to location of a debtor, of the debtor's assets or property, provided the client has a financial interest in or a lien upon the assets or property of the debtor;
(6) an insurance adjuster employed exclusively by an insurance company, or licensed as an adjuster with the state of Minnesota and engaged in the business of adjusting insurance claims;
(7) persons engaged in responding to alarm signals including, but not limited to, fire alarms, industrial process failure alarms and burglary alarms, for purposes of maintaining, repairing or resetting the alarm, or for opening the premises for law enforcement personnel or responding agents; or
(8) a certified public accountant or a CPA firm, while performing services regulated under chapter 326A.
History:
1987 c 360 s 12; 2013 c 69 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3383 — License Reissuance.

326.3383 LICENSE REISSUANCE.
Subdivision 1.
Requirements.
The board shall reissue a private detective or protective agent license to a license holder without further board review, if the license holder who has complied with all applicable laws and rules:
(1) submits to the board an application for license reissuance on a form prescribed by the board;
(2) submits to the board a list of all current employees; and
(3) remits the expired license to the board.
Subd. 2.
Appearance.
Nothing in this section shall preclude the board from requiring the appearance of the license holder at a board meeting prior to the reissuance of the license.
Subd. 3.
Bond and proof of financial responsibility.
Each applicant for license reissuance shall maintain a $10,000 surety bond, and show proof of financial responsibility as required in section 326.3382, subdivision 3.
History:
1987 c 360 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3385 — Conditions Of Licensing.

326.3385 CONDITIONS OF LICENSING.
Subdivision 1.
Notice of address change.
A license holder who moves to an address other than that given on the license certificate shall give written notice to the board within seven days of the move. The notice shall give the new address or location, the date the move was made, and be accompanied by the license, at which time a new license will be made showing the new address or location.
Subd. 2.
Notice of successor.
A corporate or partnership license holder shall, within seven days of the death, resignation, or removal of a person signing the license application, give written notice to the board of the change and the name and address of the successor in the vacated position.
Within seven days of the death, resignation, or removal of a person signing the license application for a partnership or corporate license holder, the successor qualified representative, partner, Minnesota manager, chief executive officer, or chief financial officer who shall qualify under the same procedure and criteria, and submit the documents required, as for an original application.
Subd. 3.
Surrender of license.
Every license issued to a license holder shall be surrendered to the board within seven days after its expiration, or upon notice to a license holder that a license has been revoked or suspended. If the license cannot be returned, a notarized statement indicating the circumstances shall be submitted to the board.
Subd. 4.
Penalty.
Failure to comply with the provisions of subdivision 1, 2, or 3 may result in the revocation or suspension of the license, or the imposition of an administrative penalty.
History:
1987 c 360 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3386 — Fees.

326.3386 FEES.
Subdivision 1.
Application fee.
Each applicant for a private detective or protective agent license shall pay to the board a nonrefundable application fee, as determined by the board.
Subd. 2.
License fee.
Each applicant for a private detective or protective agent license shall pay to the board a license fee, as determined by the board. In the event that an applicant is denied licensing by the board, one-half of the license fee shall be refunded to the applicant.
Subd. 3.
Designation fee.
When a licensed private detective or protective agent who is a partnership or corporation, desires to designate a new qualified representative or Minnesota manager, a fee equal to one-half of the license fee shall be submitted to the board.
Subd. 4.
Status fee.
At the time a licensed private detective or protective agent wishes to change a license status, as in the case of an individual license holder establishing a corporation, the difference between the individual license fee and the corporate license fee shall be paid to the board.
Subd. 5.
Reissuance fee.
License holders seeking license reissuance shall pay to the board a license reissuance fee as determined by the board.
Subd. 6.
Business or division fee.
If a private detective or protective agent license holder wishes to add additional business names or corporate division names to an existing license, the license holder shall be required to pay a fee as determined by the board.
Subd. 6a.
Training course certification fee.
An applicant for training course certification, as specified in section 326.3361, shall pay to the board a course certification fee determined by the board.
Subd. 6b.
Training course recertification fee.
An applicant for training course recertification shall pay to the board a course recertification fee determined by the board.
Subd. 7.
Rules.
All fees authorized by this section shall be established by rule by the board. All fees paid to the board shall be paid to the general fund. The cost of administering sections 326.32 to 326.339, shall be paid from appropriations made to the board.
History:
1987 c 360 s 21; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 25-27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3387 — Disciplinary Action.

326.3387 DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Subdivision 1.
Basis for action.
The board may revoke or suspend or refuse to issue or reissue a private detective or protective agent license if:
(1) the license holder violates a provision of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or a rule adopted under those sections;
(2) the license holder has engaged in fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation while in the business of private detective or protective agent;
(3) the license holder has made a false statement in an application submitted to the board or in a document required to be submitted to the board;
(4) the license holder violates an order of the board; or
(5) the individual or entity previously operated without a license.
Subd. 2.
Hearing required.
The board may impose the following penalties only after a contested case hearing under chapter 14:
(1) revoke or suspend a private detective or protective agent license; or
(2) impose an administrative penalty in excess of $500.
History:
1987 c 360 s 22; 2023 c 52 art 10 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3388 — Administrative Penalties.

326.3388 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.
The board shall, by rule, establish a graduated schedule of administrative penalties for violations of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or the board's rules. The schedule must include minimum and maximum penalties for each violation and be based on and reflect the culpability, frequency, and severity of the violator's actions. The board may impose a penalty from the schedule on a license holder for a violation of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or the rules of the board. The penalty is in addition to any criminal penalty imposed for the same violation. Administrative penalties imposed by the board must be paid to the general fund.
History:
1987 c 360 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.3389 — Licenses Nontransferable.

326.3389 LICENSES NONTRANSFERABLE.
A license issued under sections 326.32 to 326.339 may not be transferred.
History:
1987 c 360 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.339 — Violations; Penalty.

326.339 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY.
Unless otherwise specifically provided any violation of any provision or requirement of sections 326.32 to 326.339 is a gross misdemeanor.
History:
1945 c 130 s 10; 1974 c 310 s 10; 1987 c 360 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.523 — License Provisions; Distribution; Cancellation.

326.523 LICENSE PROVISIONS; DISTRIBUTION; CANCELLATION.
No distributor shall hereafter license feature motion picture films to an exhibitor to be exhibited, shown or performed in this state unless the license provides:
(1) that all the feature motion picture films, which such distributor will license during the exhibition season, or the unexpired portion thereof, shall be included: the term "all the feature motion picture films" applies to each producer for whom the distributor is acting; and
(2) that the exhibitor shall have the right to cancel a minimum of 20 percent of the total number of feature motion pictures included in such license where the exhibitor deems the same injurious and damaging to business or offensive on moral, religious, or racial grounds.
The cancellation shall be made proportionately among the several price brackets, if there be such price brackets in the license agreement. Any number of cancellations to which an exhibitor is entitled, may be made the lowest price bracket at the exhibitor's option.
The right to cancellation shall not be effective, unless the exhibitor exercises such right by giving notice thereof, to the distributor, by certified mail, within 15 days after being notified of the availability of a feature motion picture. In determining the number of feature motion pictures that may be canceled, fractions of one-half or more shall be counted as one and fractions of less than one-half shall not be counted.
History:
1941 c 460 s 2; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.524 — Licenses May Not Contain Certain Restrictions.

326.524 LICENSES MAY NOT CONTAIN CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
No distributor shall license feature motion picture films to an exhibitor to be exhibited, shown, or performed in this state, upon the condition that the exhibitor must also license short subjects, newsreels, trailers, serials, reissue, foreign, and western motion picture films.
History:
1941 c 460 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.525 — Licenses, When Void.

326.525 LICENSES, WHEN VOID.
Any provision of any license hereafter made and entered into which is contrary to any provisions of sections 326.523 to 326.526 and 326.01, subdivisions 14 to 19, is hereby declared to be against public policy and void.
History:
1941 c 460 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.526 — Application Of Sections 326.523 To 326.526.

326.526 APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 326.523 TO 326.526.
The provisions of sections 326.523 to 326.526 and 326.01, subdivisions 14 to 19, shall not apply to the licensing of motion picture films to any school, college, university, church, or any educational, fraternal, or religious organizations in this state.
History:
1941 c 460 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.53 — Violations; Penalty Provisions.

326.53 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY PROVISIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
(1) Any violation of chapter 326A is a gross misdemeanor.
(2) Every person violating any of the provisions of sections 326.523 to 326.526, or assisting in such violation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $3,000 or, in default of the payment of such fine, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days. In the case of a corporation, the violation of these sections shall be deemed to be also that of the individual directors, officers, or agents of such corporation who have assisted in such violation, or who have authorized, ordered, or done the acts or omissions constituting, in whole or in part, such violation; and, upon conviction thereof, any such directors, officers, or agents shall be punished by fine or imprisonment as herein provided.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]
Subd. 3.
[Renumbered 326.547]
History:
(5697-12, 5705, 5886, 5887-27, 5887-30i) 1907 c 457 s 7; 1909 c 439 s 8; 1921 c 523 s 12; 1933 c 349 s 9; 1933 c 404 s 3; 1937 c 367 s 10; 1941 c 460 s 5; 1945 c 380 s 9; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1992 c 542 s 4; 2001 c 109 art 2 s 5; 2023 c 52 art 6 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.70 — Title.

326.70 TITLE.
Sections 326.70 to 326.81 may be cited as the "Asbestos Abatement Act."
History:
1987 c 303 s 1; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.72 — Asbestos License.

326.72 ASBESTOS LICENSE.
Subdivision 1.
When license required.
A person within the state intending to directly perform or cause to be performed through subcontracting or similar delegation any asbestos-related work either for financial gain or with respect to the person's own property shall first apply for and obtain a license from the commissioner. The license shall be in writing, be dated when issued, contain an expiration date, be signed by the commissioner, and give the name and address of the person to whom it is issued.
The domiciled owner of a single family residence is not required to hold a license or pay a project permit fee to conduct asbestos-related work in the domiciled residence.
Subd. 2.
Display of license.
Licensees shall post a project permit, obtained from the commissioner after compliance with the provisions of section 326.74 and rules promulgated under section 326.78, in a conspicuous place outside of the asbestos work area. The actual license or a copy shall be readily available at the work site for inspection by the commissioner, other public officials charged with the health, safety, and welfare of the state's citizens, and the contracting entity.
History:
1987 c 303 s 3; 1993 c 303 s 10; 1997 c 205 s 34
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.74 — Reporting Asbestos Work.

326.74 REPORTING ASBESTOS WORK.
Written notice shall be given to the commissioner of an asbestos-related work project by the person holding the license issued under section 326.72, subdivision 1. Unless the project is an emergency project, the notice shall be given to the commissioner at least five calendar days before the project begins. The notice shall contain the following information:
(1) a brief description of the work to be performed;
(2) the name of the contracting entity;
(3) the location and address of the project work site;
(4) the approximate duration of the project;
(5) the approximate amount of the asbestos involved in the project;
(6) the name of any project manager; and
(7) other information required by the commissioner.
History:
1987 c 303 s 5; 1993 c 303 s 12; 1997 c 205 s 35
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.75 — Fees.

326.75 FEES.
Subdivision 1.
Licensing fee.
A person required to be licensed under section 326.72 shall, before receipt of the license and before causing asbestos-related work to be performed, pay the commissioner an annual license fee of $105.
Subd. 2.
Certification fee.
An individual required to be certified as an asbestos worker or asbestos site supervisor under section 326.73, subdivision 1, shall pay the commissioner a certification fee of $52.50 before the issuance of the certificate. An individual required to be certified as an asbestos inspector, asbestos management planner, or asbestos project designer under section 326.73, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4, shall pay the commissioner a certification fee of $105 before the issuance of the certificate.
Subd. 3.
Permit fee.
Five calendar days before beginning asbestos-related work, a person shall pay a project permit fee to the commissioner equal to two percent of the total costs of the asbestos-related work. For asbestos-related work performed in single or multifamily residences, of greater than ten but less than 260 linear feet of asbestos-containing material on pipes, or greater than six but less than 160 square feet of asbestos-containing material on other facility components, a person shall pay a project permit fee of $35 to the commissioner.
Subd. 3a.
Asbestos-related training course permit fee.
The commissioner shall establish by rule a permit fee to be paid by a training course provider on application for a training course permit or renewal of a permit of each asbestos-related training course required for certification or registration.
Subd. 4.
Deposit of fees.
Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the state government special revenue fund.
History:
1987 c 303 s 6; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 13; 1993 c 303 s 13; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 73; 1994 c 567 s 20; 1995 c 165 s 13; 2021 c 30 art 3 s 45-47
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.76 — Duties Of Contracting Entities.

326.76 DUTIES OF CONTRACTING ENTITIES.
A contracting entity intending to have asbestos-related work or asbestos management activity performed for its benefit shall include in the specifications and contracts for the work a requirement that the work be performed by contractors and subcontractors licensed or certified by the commissioner under sections 326.70 to 326.81 and in accordance with rules prescribed by the commissioner related to asbestos-related work and asbestos management activity. No contracting entity shall allow asbestos-related work or asbestos management activity to be performed for its benefit unless it has seen that the person has a valid license or certificate. A contracting entity's failure to comply with this section does not relieve a person from any responsibilities under sections 326.70 to 326.81.
History:
1987 c 303 s 7; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16; 1993 c 303 s 14; 1997 c 205 s 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.77 — Indoor Air Standard.

326.77 INDOOR AIR STANDARD.
(a) The commissioner may adopt rules establishing an indoor air standard for asbestos.
(b) Until the rules become effective, asbestos remaining in the air following the completion of an abatement project shall not exceed .01 fibers greater than five microns in length per cubic centimeter of air.
History:
1987 c 303 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.785 — Asbestos Containment Barriers.

326.785 ASBESTOS CONTAINMENT BARRIERS.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 4620.3568, subparts 1 to 4, containment barriers, in the case of tunnel abatement enclosures, are limited to double critical barriers.
History:
1990 c 381 s 1; 1993 c 303 s 16; 1997 c 205 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326 — Employments Licensed By State › Section 326.81 — Discrimination; Sanctions.

326.81 DISCRIMINATION; SANCTIONS.
A person who discriminates against or otherwise sanctions an employee who complains to or cooperates with the commissioner in administering sections 326.70 to 326.81 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1987 c 303 s 12; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16; 1993 c 303 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326A — Accountants › Section 326A.045 — Retired Status.

326A.045 RETIRED STATUS.
Subdivision 1.
Retired status requirements.
The board shall grant retired status to a person who meets the following criteria:
(1) is age 55 or older;
(2) holds a current active license to practice public accounting under this chapter with a license status of active, inactive, or exempt under Minnesota Rules, part 1105.3700;
(3) declares that he or she is not practicing public accounting in any jurisdiction;
(4) was in good standing with the board at the time the person last held a license under this chapter; and
(5) submits an application for retired status on a form provided by the board.
Subd. 2.
Retired status effect.
Retired status is an honorific status. Retired status is not a license to engage in the practice of public accounting. A person granted retired status shall not perform or offer to perform services for which a license under this chapter is required.
Subd. 3.
Documentation of status.
The board shall provide to a person granted retired status a document stating that retired status has been granted.
Subd. 4.
Representation to the public.
A person granted retired status may represent themselves as "Certified Public Accountant - Retired," "CPA - Retired," "Retired Certified Public Accountant," or "Retired CPA," but shall not represent themselves or allow themselves to be represented to the public as a current licensee of the board.
Subd. 5.
Continuing education not required.
A person is not required to comply with the continuing education requirements in section 326A.04, subdivision 4, to acquire or maintain retired status.
Subd. 6.
Renewal not required.
A person granted retired status is not required to renew the person's registration or pay renewal fees to maintain retired status.
Subd. 7.
Change to active or inactive status.
The board shall change a license status from retired to active or inactive if a person with retired status requests a status change and meets requirements for reactivation prescribed by rule.
History:
1Sp2019 c 10 art 9 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326A — Accountants › Section 326A.06 — Lpas And Accounting Practitioners.

326A.06 LPAS AND ACCOUNTING PRACTITIONERS.
(a) All licensed public accountants (LPAs) who are actively licensed by the state board on December 31, 2002, shall be issued a certified public accountant certificate. LPAs are those accountants who were eligible for licensure on July 1, 1979, under the law in effect on that date and who were issued a license as a licensed public accountant by the board at that time.
(b) The board shall implement a voluntary registration of accounting practitioners. The board shall prescribe by rule the limitations of practice, educational preparation, examination, registration, fees, peer review, and continuing education requirements for the registration. The board shall consult with the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Minnesota Association of Private Postsecondary Schools, the Private College Council, the Minnesota Association of Public Accountants, and other organizations as appropriate in the implementation of this section.
History:
2001 c 109 art 1 s 8; 2008 c 195 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326A — Accountants › Section 326A.07 — Appointment Of Secretary Of State As Agent.

326A.07 APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE AS AGENT.
Application by a person or a firm not a resident of this state for a certificate issued under section 326A.04 or a permit issued under section 326A.05 shall constitute appointment of the secretary of state as the applicant's agent upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding against the applicant arising out of any transaction or operation connected with or incidental to services performed by the applicant while within this state.
History:
2001 c 109 art 1 s 9; 2008 c 195 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326A — Accountants › Section 326A.09 — Reinstatement.

326A.09 REINSTATEMENT.
The board may reinstate a suspended, revoked, expired, or surrendered certificate, registration, or permit or suspended, revoked, expired, or surrendered practice privileges upon petition of the person or firm holding or formerly holding the registration, permit, or certificate, or practice privileges. The board may, in its sole discretion, require that the person or firm submit to the board evidence of having obtained up to 120 hours of continuing professional education credits that would have been required had the person or firm held a registration, certificate, permit, or practice privileges continuously. The board may, in its sole discretion, place any other conditions upon reinstatement of a suspended, revoked, expired, or surrendered certificate, permit, registration, or of practice privileges that it finds appropriate and necessary to ensure that the purposes of this chapter are met. No suspended certificate, registration, permit, or practice privileges may be reinstated until the former holder, or person with practice privileges has completed one-half of the suspension.
History:
2001 c 109 art 1 s 11; 2022 c 72 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326A — Accountants › Section 326A.11 — Single Act Evidence Of Practice.

326A.11 SINGLE ACT EVIDENCE OF PRACTICE.
In any action brought under section 326A.08, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this chapter is sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order, or conviction, respectively, without evidence of a general course of conduct.
History:
2001 c 109 art 1 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326A — Accountants › Section 326A.12 — Confidential Communications.

326A.12 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
(a) Except by permission of the client for whom a licensee performs services or the heirs, successors, or personal representatives of the client, a licensee shall not voluntarily disclose information communicated to the licensee by the client relating to and in connection with services rendered to the client by the licensee. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit:
(1) the disclosure of information required to be disclosed by the standards of the public accounting profession in reporting on the examination of financial statements; or
(2) disclosures in court proceedings, in investigations or proceedings under section 326A.08, in ethical investigations conducted by private professional organizations, in the course of peer reviews, to other persons active in the organization performing services for that client on a need-to-know basis, or to persons in the entity who need this information for the sole purpose of assuring quality control.
(b) This section also applies to persons registered under section 326A.06, paragraph (b), and to persons granted a practice privilege under section 326A.14.
History:
2001 c 109 art 1 s 14; 2008 c 195 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326A — Accountants › Section 326A.13 — Working Papers; Clients' Records.

326A.13 WORKING PAPERS; CLIENTS' RECORDS.
(a) Subject to the provisions of section 326A.12, all statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a licensee or a partner, shareholder, officer, director, member, manager, or employee of a licensee, incident to, or in the course of, rendering services to a client while a licensee, except the reports submitted by the licensee to the client and except for records that are part of the client's records, remain the property of the licensee in the absence of an express agreement between the licensee and the client to the contrary. No statement, record, schedule, working paper, or memorandum may be sold, transferred, or bequeathed, without the consent of the client or the client's personal representative or assignee, to anyone other than one or more surviving partners, stockholders, members or new partners, new stockholders, new members of the licensee, or any combined or merged firm or successor in interest to the licensee. Nothing in this section may be construed as prohibiting any temporary transfer of work papers or other material necessary in the course of carrying out peer reviews or as otherwise interfering with the disclosure of information pursuant to section 326A.12.
(b) A licensee shall furnish to a client or former client, upon request and reasonable notice:
(1) a copy of the licensee's working papers, to the extent that the working papers include records that would ordinarily constitute part of the client's records and are not otherwise available to the client; and
(2) any accounting or other records belonging to, or obtained from or on behalf of, the client that the licensee removed from the client's premises or received for the client's account. The licensee may make and retain copies of such documents of the client when they form the basis for work done by the licensee.
(c) Nothing in this section requires a licensee to keep any work paper beyond the period prescribed in any other applicable statute.
(d) This section also applies to persons registered under section 326A.06, paragraph (b), and to persons granted a practice privilege under section 326A.14.
History:
2001 c 109 art 1 s 15; 2008 c 195 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326B — Construction Codes And Licensing › Section 326B.01 — Definitions.

326B.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
Subd. 2.
ASME.
"ASME" means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Subd. 3.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and industry or a duly designated representative of the commissioner who is either an employee of the Department of Labor and Industry or a person working under contract with the department.
Subd. 4.
Department.
"Department" means the Department of Labor and Industry.
Subd. 5.
Day.
"Day" means calendar day unless otherwise provided.
Subd. 6.
Individual.
"Individual" means a human being.
Subd. 7.
Person.
"Person" means any individual, limited liability company, corporation, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, or any other legal or commercial entity.
History:
2007 c 140 art 2 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326B — Construction Codes And Licensing › Section 326B.04 — Deposit Of Money.

326B.04 DEPOSIT OF MONEY.
Subdivision 1.
Construction code fund.
There is created in the state treasury a construction code fund as a special revenue fund for the purpose of administering this chapter, sections 327.31 to 327.36, and chapter 327B. All money collected under those sections, except penalties, is credited to the construction code fund unless otherwise specifically designated by law. Any interest or profit accruing from investment of these sums is credited to the construction code fund. All money collected in the construction code fund is appropriated to the commissioner of labor and industry to administer and enforce the provisions of the laws identified in this section.
Unless otherwise provided by law, all penalties assessed under this chapter, section 327.35, and chapter 327B are credited to the assigned risk safety account established by section 79.253.
Subd. 2.
Deposits.
Unless otherwise specifically designated by law: (1) all money collected under sections 144.122, paragraph (f); 181.723; 326B.092 to 326B.096; 326B.101 to 326B.194; 326B.197; 326B.32 to 326B.399; 326B.43 to 326B.49; 326B.52 to 326B.59; 326B.701; 326B.802 to 326B.885; 326B.90 to 326B.998; 327.31 to 327.36; and 327B.01 to 327B.12, except penalties, is credited to the construction code fund; (2) all fees collected under sections 326B.098 to 326B.099 in connection with continuing education for any license, registration, or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter are credited to the construction code fund; and (3) all penalties assessed under the sections set forth in clauses (1) and (2) and all penalties assessed under sections 144.99 to 144.993 in connection with any violation of sections 326B.43 to 326B.49 or 326B.52 to 326B.59 or the rules adopted under those sections are credited to the assigned risk safety account established by section 79.253.
History:
2007 c 135 art 3 s 28; 2007 c 140 art 2 s 4; art 4 s 61; art 6 s 15; art 7 s 13; art 8 s 30; art 13 s 4; 2008 c 337 s 64; 2010 c 280 s 9; 1Sp2011 c 4 art 3 s 3; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 73
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326B — Construction Codes And Licensing › Section 326B.06 — Bonds.

326B.06 BONDS.
Bonds issued under this chapter are not state bonds or contracts for purposes of sections 8.05 and 16C.05, subdivision 2.
History:
2007 c 140 art 2 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 326B — Construction Codes And Licensing › Section 326B.075 — Commissioner Not Subject To Subpoena.

326B.075 COMMISSIONER NOT SUBJECT TO SUBPOENA.
The commissioner shall not be subject to subpoena for purposes of providing expert testimony, except in an enforcement proceeding brought by the commissioner.
History:
2007 c 140 art 2 s 6