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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,438 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,438 Ch 336, Chapter 336. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE641 Ch 524, Chapter 524. UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, Chapter 609. CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, Chapter 144. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, Chapter 469. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT256 Ch 473, Chapter 473. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT250 Ch 148, Chapter 148. PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, Chapter 169. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, Chapter 256B. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR…196 Ch 60A, Chapter 60A. GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, Chapter 13. GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, Chapter 115A. WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 383B, Chapter 383B. HENNEPIN COUNTY168 Ch 216B, Chapter 216B. PUBLIC UTILITIES163

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Minn. Stat. § 144.4801 TITLE.
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144.4801 TITLE. Sections 144.4801 to 144.4813 may be cited as the "Tuberculosis Health Threat Act." History: 1997 c 164 s 3
Minn. Stat. § 144.4802 AUTHORITY.
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144.4802 AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Authority to commit. Under the powers and duties assigned to the commissioner in this chapter and chapter 145, the commissioner may proceed under sections 144.4801 to 144.4813 whenever the commissioner has probable cause to believe that a perso…
Minn. Stat. § 144.4803 DEFINITIONS.
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144.4803 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Active tuberculosis. "Active tuberculosis" includes infectious and noninfectious tuberculosis and means: (1) a condition evidenced by a positive culture for mycobacterium tuberculosis taken from a pulmonary or laryngeal source; (2) a conditio…
Minn. Stat. § 144.4804 REPORTING RELATING TO TUBERCULOSIS.
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144.4804 REPORTING RELATING TO TUBERCULOSIS. § Subdivision 1.Mandatory reporting. A licensed health professional must report to the commissioner or a disease prevention officer within 24 hours of obtaining knowledge of a reportable person as specified in subdivision 3, unless the…

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Minn. Stat. § 144.4805 HEALTH ORDER; RIGHTS OF CARRIER AND RESPONDENT.

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144.4805 HEALTH ORDER; RIGHTS OF CARRIER AND RESPONDENT. § Subdivision 1.Authority. Only the commissioner, or a community health board with express delegated authority from the commissioner, may issue a health order under this section. § Subd. 2.Grounds for health order. Whenever…

Minn. Stat. § 144.4806 PREVENTIVE MEASURES UNDER HEALTH ORDER.

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144.4806 PREVENTIVE MEASURES UNDER HEALTH ORDER. A health order may include, but need not be limited to, an order: (1) requiring the carrier's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or treatment facility to isolate and detain the carrier for…

Minn. Stat. § 144.4807 NOTICE OF OBLIGATION TO ISOLATE OR EXAMINE.

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144.4807 NOTICE OF OBLIGATION TO ISOLATE OR EXAMINE. § Subdivision 1.Obligation to isolate. If the carrier is in a treatment facility, the commissioner or a carrier's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant, after obtaining approval from th…

Minn. Stat. § 144.4808 APPREHEND AND HOLD ORDER.

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144.4808 APPREHEND AND HOLD ORDER. § Subdivision 1.Application for apprehend and hold order. The commissioner may make an ex parte application for an order to apprehend and hold a carrier who is not in a treatment facility if the commissioner has probable cause to believe that a …

Minn. Stat. § 144.4809 PRELIMINARY HEARING.

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144.4809 PRELIMINARY HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Grounds for hearing. A party may petition the court for an order for enforcement of or relief from a health order or judicial order. § Subd. 2.Petition for preliminary hearing. The petitioning party shall serve on the commissioner and…

Minn. Stat. § 144.4810 FINAL HEARING.

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144.4810 FINAL HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Grounds for hearing. After the preliminary hearing, the commissioner, carrier, or respondent may petition the court for relief from or enforcement of the court order issued pursuant to the preliminary hearing. The commissioner may petition …

Minn. Stat. § 144.4811 PERIODIC REVIEW AND RELEASE FROM DETENTION.

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144.4811 PERIODIC REVIEW AND RELEASE FROM DETENTION. § Subdivision 1.Periodic review. If the carrier has been detained in a treatment facility or has been isolated pursuant to a court order, the commissioner shall submit a report to the court, the carrier, and the carrier's couns…

Minn. Stat. § 144.4812 COSTS OF CARE.

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144.4812 COSTS OF CARE. The costs incurred by the treatment facility and other providers of services to diagnose or treat the carrier for tuberculosis must be borne by the carrier, the carrier's health plan, or public programs. During the period of insurance coverage, a health pl…

Minn. Stat. § 144.4813 DATA PRIVACY.

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144.4813 DATA PRIVACY. § Subdivision 1.Nonpublic data. Data on individuals contained in the health order are health data under section 13.3805, subdivision 1. Other data on individuals collected by the commissioner as part of an investigation of a carrier under sections 144.4801 …

Minn. Stat. § 144.49 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.

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144.49 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Violating rules or board directions. Any person violating any rule of the commissioner or any lawful direction of a community health board as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, or an agent of a community health board as author…

Minn. Stat. § 144.492 DEFINITIONS.

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144.492 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 144.492 to 144.494, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health. § Subd. 3.Joint commission. "Joint commiss…

Minn. Stat. § 144.493 CRITERIA.

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144.493 CRITERIA. § Subdivision 1.Comprehensive stroke center. A hospital meets the criteria for a comprehensive stroke center if the hospital has been certified as a comprehensive stroke center by the joint commission or another nationally recognized accreditation entity and the…

Minn. Stat. § 144.494 DESIGNATING STROKE CENTERS AND STROKE HOSPITALS.

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144.494 DESIGNATING STROKE CENTERS AND STROKE HOSPITALS. § Subdivision 1.Naming privileges. Unless it has been designated as a stroke center or stroke hospital pursuant to section 144.493, no hospital shall use the term "stroke center" or "stroke hospital" in its name or its adve…

Minn. Stat. § 144.4941 ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING CENTERS.

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144.4941 ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING CENTERS. § Subdivision 1.Criteria for STEMI receiving center designation. A hospital meets the criteria for a STEMI receiving center designation if the hospital has been accredited as a STEMI receiving center b…

Minn. Stat. § 144.495 FORMALDEHYDE RULES.

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144.495 FORMALDEHYDE RULES. The legislature finds that building materials containing urea formaldehyde may emit unsafe levels of formaldehyde in newly constructed housing units. The product standards prescribed in section 325F.181 are intended to provide indoor air levels of form…

Minn. Stat. § 144.496 MINNESOTA RADON AWARENESS ACT.

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144.496 MINNESOTA RADON AWARENESS ACT. § Subdivision 1.Citation. This section may be cited as the "Minnesota Radon Awareness Act." § Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) The following terms used in this section have the meanings given them. (b) "Buyer" means a person negotiating or offering …

Minn. Stat. § 144.4961 MINNESOTA RADON LICENSING ACT.

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144.4961 MINNESOTA RADON LICENSING ACT. § Subdivision 1.Citation. This section may be cited as the "Minnesota Radon Licensing Act." § Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Mitigation" means the act of repairing or…

Minn. Stat. § 144.50 HOSPITALS, LICENSES; DEFINITIONS.

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144.50 HOSPITALS, LICENSES; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.License required. (a) No person, partnership, association, or corporation, nor any state, county, or local governmental units, nor any division, department, board, or agency thereof, shall establish, operate, conduct, or ma…

Minn. Stat. § 144.51 LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

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144.51 LICENSE APPLICATIONS. Before a license shall be issued under sections 144.50 to 144.56, the person applying shall submit evidence satisfactory to the state commissioner of health that the person is not less than 18 years of age and of reputable and responsible character; i…

Minn. Stat. § 144.52 APPLICATION.

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144.52 APPLICATION. Any person, partnership, association, or corporation, including state, county, or local governmental units, or any division, department, board, or agency thereof, desiring a license under sections 144.50 to 144.56 shall file with the state commissioner of heal…

Minn. Stat. § 144.53 FEES.

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144.53 FEES. Each application for a license, or renewal thereof, to operate a hospital, sanitarium or other institution for the hospitalization or care of human beings, within the meaning of sections 144.50 to 144.56, except applications by the Minnesota Veterans Home, the Direct…

Minn. Stat. § 144.54 INSPECTIONS.

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144.54 INSPECTIONS. Every building, institution, or establishment for which a license has been issued shall be periodically inspected by a duly appointed representative of the state commissioner of health under the rules to be established by the state commissioner of health. No i…

Minn. Stat. § 144.55 LICENSES; ISSUANCE, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION.

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144.55 LICENSES; ISSUANCE, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION. § Subdivision 1.Issuance. (a) The state commissioner of health is hereby authorized to issue licenses to operate hospitals, sanitariums, outpatient surgical centers, or other institutions for the hospitalization or care of hum…

Minn. Stat. § 144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.

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144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION. (a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned, operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections 144.50 to 144.56 either alone or in cooperation with another entity. (b) Notwithstan…

Minn. Stat. § 144.551 HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM.

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144.551 HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM. § Subdivision 1.Restricted construction or modification. (a) The following construction or modification may not be commenced: (1) any erection, building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, improvement, extension, lease, or other a…

Minn. Stat. § 144.552 PUBLIC INTEREST REVIEW.

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144.552 PUBLIC INTEREST REVIEW. (a) The following entities must submit a plan to the commissioner: (1) a hospital seeking to increase its number of licensed beds; or (2) an organization seeking to obtain a hospital license and notified by the commissioner under section 144.553, s…

Minn. Stat. § 144.553 ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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144.553 ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS. § Subdivision 1.Letter of intent; publication; acceptance of additional proposals. (a) An organization seeking to obtain a hospital license must submit a letter of intent to the commissioner, specifying the community in which the proposed hos…

Minn. Stat. § 144.554 HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PLAN SUBMITTAL AND FEES.

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144.554 HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PLAN SUBMITTAL AND FEES. For hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, boarding care homes, residential hospices, supervised living facilities, freestanding outpatient surgical centers, and end-stage renal disease facilities, the…

Minn. Stat. § 144.555 FACILITY OR CAMPUS CLOSINGS, RELOCATING SERVICES, OR CEASING TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES; PATIENT RELOCATIONS.

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144.555 FACILITY OR CAMPUS CLOSINGS, RELOCATING SERVICES, OR CEASING TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES; PATIENT RELOCATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Notice of closing or curtailing operations; facilities other than hospitals. If a facility licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56, other than a h…

Minn. Stat. § 144.556 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL; SALE OF HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL CAMPUS.

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144.556 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL; SALE OF HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL CAMPUS. (a) The controlling persons of a hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 or a hospital campus must not sell or convey the hospital or hospital campus, offer to sell or convey the hospital or hospital c…

Minn. Stat. § 144.56 STANDARDS.

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144.56 STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner's powers. The state commissioner of health shall, in the manner prescribed by law, adopt and enforce reasonable rules and standards under sections 144.50 to 144.56 which the commissioner finds to be necessary and in the public intere…

Minn. Stat. § 144.561 DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES.

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144.561 DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following words have the meanings given to them: (a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, state, county or local governmental unit or …

Minn. Stat. § 144.562 SWING BED APPROVAL; ISSUANCE OF LICENSE CONDITIONS.

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144.562 SWING BED APPROVAL; ISSUANCE OF LICENSE CONDITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "swing bed" means a hospital bed licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 that has been granted a license condition under this section and which has been cert…

Minn. Stat. § 144.5621 SWING BED APPROVAL; EXCEPTIONS.

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144.5621 SWING BED APPROVAL; EXCEPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Swing bed exemption. (a) The conditions and limitations in section 144.562, paragraphs (d) and (e), do not apply to any hospital located in Cook County that: (1) is designated as a critical access hospital under section 144…

Minn. Stat. § 144.563 NURSING SERVICES PROVIDED IN A HOSPITAL; PROHIBITED PRACTICES.

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144.563 NURSING SERVICES PROVIDED IN A HOSPITAL; PROHIBITED PRACTICES. A hospital that has been granted a license condition under section 144.562 or 144.5621 must not provide to patients not reimbursed by Medicare or medical assistance the types of services that would be usually …

Minn. Stat. § 144.564 MONITORING OF SUBACUTE OR TRANSITIONAL CARE SERVICES.

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144.564 MONITORING OF SUBACUTE OR TRANSITIONAL CARE SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Hospital data. The commissioner of health shall monitor the provision of subacute or transitional care services provided in hospitals. All hospitals providing these services must report statistical data…

Minn. Stat. § 144.565 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FACILITIES.

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144.565 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FACILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Utilization and services data; economic and financial interests. The commissioner shall require diagnostic imaging facilities and providers of diagnostic imaging services in Minnesota to report by March 1 each year for the pr…

Minn. Stat. § 144.566 VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

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144.566 VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE WORKERS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The following definitions apply to this section and have the meanings given. (b) "Act of violence" means an act by a patient or visitor against a health care worker that includes kicking, scratching, u…

Minn. Stat. § 144.572 INSTITUTIONS EXCEPTED.

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144.572 INSTITUTIONS EXCEPTED. No rule nor requirement shall be made, nor standard established under sections 144.50 to 144.56 for any sanitarium conducted by and for the adherents of any recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing care and treatment …

Minn. Stat. § 144.573 PETS IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.

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144.573 PETS IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. Facilities for the institutional care of human beings licensed under section 144.50, may keep pet animals on the premises subject to reasonable rules as to the care, type and maintenance of the pet. History: 1979 c 38 s 2

Minn. Stat. § 144.574 DANGERS OF SHAKING INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.

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144.574 DANGERS OF SHAKING INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN. § Subdivision 1.Education by hospitals. (a) A hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 shall make available for viewing by the parents of each newborn baby delivered in the hospital a video presentation on the danger…

Minn. Stat. § 144.58 INFORMATION, CONFIDENTIAL.

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144.58 INFORMATION, CONFIDENTIAL. Information of a confidential nature received by the state commissioner of health through inspections and authorized under sections 144.50 to 144.56 shall not be disclosed except in a proceeding involving the question of licensure. History: 1941 …

Minn. Stat. § 144.581 HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES.

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144.581 HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES. § Subdivision 1.Nonprofit corporation powers. A municipality, political subdivision, state agency, or other governmental entity that owns or operates a hospital authorized, organized, or operated under chapters 158, 250, 376, and 397, or under sectio…

Minn. Stat. § 144.585 METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CONTROL PROGRAMS.

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144.585 METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CONTROL PROGRAMS. In order to improve the prevention of hospital-associated infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), every hospital shall establish an MRSA control program that meets Minnesota Depart…

Minn. Stat. § 144.586 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NOTICES AND DISCHARGE PLANNING.

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144.586 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NOTICES AND DISCHARGE PLANNING. § Subdivision 1.Observation stay notice. (a) Each hospital, as defined under section 144.50, subdivision 2, shall provide oral and written notice to each patient that the hospital places in observation status of suc…

Minn. Stat. § 144.587 REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH COVERAGE OR ASSISTANCE.

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144.587 REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH COVERAGE OR ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The terms defined in this subdivision apply to this section and sections 144.588 to 144.589. (b) "Charity care" means the provision of free or discounted care to…