Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

214.33 REPORTING. § Subdivision 1.Permission to report. A person who has personal knowledge that a regulated person has the inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety by reason of illness, use of alcohol, drugs, chemicals or any other materials, or as a result of any …

214.34 IMMUNITY. § Subdivision 1.Reporting immunity. Any individual, agency, institution, facility, business, or organization is immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for submitting a report in good faith to the program under this section or for cooperating with an …

214.35 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA. All data collected and maintained and any agreements with regulated persons entered into as part of the program is classified as active investigative data under section 13.41 while the individual is in the program, except for monitoring data which i…

214.355 GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. Each health-related licensing board shall consider it grounds for disciplinary action if a regulated person violates the terms of the health professionals services program participation agreement or leaves the program except upon fulfillin…

214.36 BOARD PARTICIPATION. Participating boards may, by mutual agreement, implement the program upon enactment. Thereafter, health-related licensing boards desiring to enter into or discontinue an agreement to participate in the health professionals services program shall provid…

214.37 RULEMAKING. By July 1, 1996, the participating boards shall adopt joint rules relating to the provisions of sections 214.31 to 214.36 in consultation with the advisory committee and other appropriate individuals. The required rule writing does not prevent the implementatio…

214.40 VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Administrative services unit" means the administrative services unit for the health-related licensing boards. (c) "Charitable organizati…

214.41 PHYSICIAN WELLNESS PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "physician wellness program" means a program of evaluation, counseling, or other modality to address an issue related to career fatigue or wellness related to work stress for physicia…

215.01 [Obsolete]

215.031 [Obsolete]

216.10 PUBLIC ATTORNEYS REPRESENT COMMISSION. The attorney general shall be ex officio attorney for the Public Utilities Commission and shall institute and prosecute all actions which the commission shall order brought and render the commissioners all advice, counsel, and assista…

216.13 COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS BEFORE COMMISSION. Proceedings before the commission against any such carrier or public warehouse operator shall be instituted by complaint, verified as a pleading in a civil action, stating in ordinary language the facts constituting the alleged omi…

216.14 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT. Upon filing such complaint, if there appear reasonable grounds for investigating such matter, the commission shall issue an order directed to and requiring such carrier or warehouse operator to grant the relief demanded or show cause by answer within …

216.15 ANSWER AND REPLY. The respondent may file by mail, by personal delivery, or via the commission's electronic filing system and serve upon the complainant, within 20 days after service of the order, an answer alleging that it has already granted the relief demanded or settin…

216.16 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMISSION. If the matter be not adjusted to the satisfaction of the commission, it shall set a time and place of hearing, and give at least ten days' notice thereof to each party. The parties may appear either in person or by attorney. The commission shall…

216.161 CONTESTED CASES; NOTICE. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law the commission in any contested case shall give reasonable notice to representatives of associations or other interested groups or persons who have registered their names with the secretary of the co…

216.17 NOTICES AND ORDERS; FILINGS; SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Commission notices and orders; signature. All notices and orders in proceedings before the commission must be signed by the secretary. Electronic signature by the secretary is permitted. § Subd. 2.Service of notice, ord…

216.18 POWER TO SUBPOENA WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS. The commission in any hearing or investigation may require the attendance of witnesses and the production of any books, documents, and records. Witnesses must receive the same fees and mileage as in civil actions. Disobedience of …

216.25 APPEALS. Any party to a contested case before the commission may appeal from the decision and order of the commission in accordance with chapter 14. History: (4651) RL s 1972; 1907 c 167 s 2; 1961 c 393 s 1; 1969 c 646 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 239 s 38; 1977 c 253 s 1; …

216.26 DISMISSAL IN CERTAIN CASES; PROCEDURE. When in any proceedings pending before it relating to or involving the reasonableness of rates, fares, charges, or classifications, the commission shall decide that it has not jurisdiction for the reason that the traffic covered by su…

216.27 FILING APPEAL PAPERS; EFFECT. When an appeal is taken, the commission shall file with the clerk of the appellate courts the documents described by the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure. The court of appeals shall have full jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter app…

216A.01 DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION; POWERS AND DUTIES. The Department of Commerce shall have and possess all of the rights and powers and perform all of the duties vested in it by this chapter. The Public Utilities Commission shall have and possess all of the rights and powers and…

216A.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Legislative function. "Legislative function" means the establishment and promulgation of all rules, orders and directives of gen…

216A.03 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. § Subdivision 1.Members. The Public Utilities Commission shall consist of five members. The terms of members shall be six years and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Each commissioner shall be appointed by the governor …

216A.035 CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) No person, while a member of the Public Utilities Commission, while acting as executive secretary of the commission, or while employed in a professional capacity by the commission, shall receive any income, other than dividends or other earnings…

216A.036 EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who serves as (1) a commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission, (2) commissioner of commerce, or (3) deputy commissioner of commerce, shall not, while employed with or within one year after leaving the commission …

216A.037 EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS; CODE OF CONDUCT; RULES. § Subdivision 1.Ex parte communications prohibitions; rules. (a) The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 14 prescribing permissible and impermissible ex parte communications. The ex parte rules may prohibit only ex …

216A.04 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; COMMISSION EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.Selection of executive secretary. The commission shall appoint an executive secretary, not a member, who shall be in the unclassified service of the state and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The exe…

216A.05 COMMISSION FUNCTIONS AND POWERS. § Subdivision 1.Legislative and quasi-judicial functions. The functions of the commission shall be legislative and quasi-judicial in nature. It may make such investigations and determinations, hold such hearings, prescribe such rules, and …

216A.07 COMMISSIONER POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner duties. The commissioner of commerce has all the rights and powers and shall perform all the duties set forth in this chapter. The commissioner may: (1) prepare all forms or blanks for the purpose of obtaining i…

216A.08 CONTINUATION OF RULES OF PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT. All valid rules, orders, and directives heretofore enforced, issued, or promulgated by the Public Service Department under authority of chapter 216, 216A, 216B, 216C, 218, 219, 221, 222, 237, 238, or 239 shall remain and…

216A.09 ACTIONS. The commission may sue or be sued in its own name. History: 1967 c 864 s 9

216A.095 COOPERATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION. Nothing in this chapter prevents the department or the commission from entering into agreements with each other or with other agencies to coordinate and share services, to conduct joint projects or investigations on matters …

216B.01 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that public utilities be regulated as hereinafter provided in order to provide the retail consumers of natural gas and electric service in this state with adequate and reliable services at reasonable…

216B.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 1a.Commission. "Commission" means the Public Utilities Commission. § Subd. 1b.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner …

216B.022 SUBMETERING IN SHARED-METERED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 216B.023 and 216B.024, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Landlord" has the meaning given in section 504B.001, subdivision 7…

216B.023 SHARED-METERED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; BILLING; CONSUMER PROTECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Billing requirements for submetered service. (a) If utility service is submetered, utility bills provided by landlords to tenants must be based on actual submeter readings. If natural ga…

216B.024 SHARED-METERED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION. A tenant disputing a bill or claiming a violation of section 216B.022 or 216B.023 must first attempt to resolve the dispute or claim with the landlord. If the tenant disagrees with the landlord's proposed resoluti…

216B.025 MUNICIPAL REGULATION OPTION. A municipality may elect to become subject to regulation by the commission pursuant to sections 216B.10 and 216B.11. An election for regulation may be effected by resolution of the governing body requesting regulation and filed with the commi…

216B.026 COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION; ELECTION ON REGULATION. § Subdivision 1.Election. A cooperative electric association may elect to become subject to rate regulation by the commission pursuant to sections 216B.03 to 216B.23. The election shall be approved by a majority o…

216B.027 COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. § Subdivision 1.Intent. It is the intent of this section to specify those rights which shall be extended to stockholders of cooperative electric associations. The guarantee of these rights, as specified herein, is inte…

216B.029 STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Standards. (a) The commission and each cooperative electric association and municipal utility shall adopt standards for safety, reliability, and service quality for distribution utilities. Standards for cooperative el…

216B.03 REASONABLE RATE. Every rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable. Rates shall not be unreasonably preferential, unreasonably prejudicial, or discriminatory, but shall be sufficient,…

216B.04 STANDARD OF SERVICE. Every public utility shall furnish safe, adequate, efficient, and reasonable service; provided that service shall be deemed adequate if made so within 90 days after a person requests service. Upon application by a public utility, and for good cause sh…

216B.045 REGULATION OF INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE. § Subdivision 1.Definition of intrastate pipeline. For the purposes of this section "intrastate pipeline" means a pipeline wholly within the state of Minnesota which transports or delivers natural gas received from another p…

216B.05 FILING SCHEDULES, RULES, AND SERVICE AGREEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Public rate filing. Every public utility shall file with the commission schedules showing all rates, tolls, tariffs, and charges which it has established and which are in force at the time for any service pe…