DEFINITIONS.

144A.51 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 144A.51 to 144A.54, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Administrative agency or agency. "Administrative agency" or "agency" means any division, official, or employee of a state or local governmental agency, but does not include: (1) any member of the senate or house of representatives; (2) the governor or personal staff of the governor; (3) any instrumentality of the federal government of the United States; or (4) any court or judge. § Subd. 3.Director. "Director" means the director of the Office of Health Facility Complaints. § Subd. 4.Health care provider. "Health care provider" means any professional licensed by the state to provide medical or health care services who does provide the services to a resident of a health facility or a residential care home. § Subd. 5.Health facility. "Health facility" means a facility or that part of a facility which is required to be licensed pursuant to sections 144.50 to 144.58, 144.615, and a facility or that part of a facility which is required to be licensed under any law of this state which provides for the licensure of nursing homes. § Subd. 6.Resident. "Resident" means any resident or patient of a health facility or a residential care home, or a consumer of services provided by a home care provider, or the guardian or conservator of the resident, patient, or consumer, if one has been appointed. § Subd. 7.Home care provider. "Home care provider" means a home care provider as defined in section 144A.43, subdivision 4. History: 1976 c 325 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 378 s 9,10; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1991 c 292 art 2 s 12; 1992 c 513 art 6 s 12-14; 1Sp2010 c 1 art 20 s 17