Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

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 m…

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 …

144.338 DATA SHARING FOR PATIENT REGISTRIES LIMITED. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Disability" means any condition or characteristic that renders a person a disabled person. A disabled person is an…

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 f…

144.341 LIVING APART FROM PARENTS AND MANAGING FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any minor who is living separate and apart from parents or legal guardian, whether with or without the consent of a parent or guardian and regardless of the duration of s…

144.342 MARRIAGE OR GIVING BIRTH, CONSENT FOR HEALTH SERVICE FOR SELF OR CHILD. Any minor who has been married or has borne a child may give effective consent to personal medical, mental, dental and other health services, or to services for the minor's child, and the consent of n…

144.343 PREGNANCY, VENEREAL DISEASE, ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE, ABORTION. § Subdivision 1.Minor's consent valid. Any minor may give effective consent for medical, mental and other health services to determine the presence of or to treat pregnancy and conditions associated therewith, …

144.3431 NONRESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) A minor who is age 16 or older may give effective consent for nonresidential mental health services, and the consent of no other person is required. For purposes of this section, "nonresidential mental health services" means out…

144.344 EMERGENCY TREATMENT. Medical, dental, mental and other health services may be rendered to minors of any age without the consent of a parent or legal guardian when, in the professional's judgment, the risk to the minor's life or health is of such a nature that treatment sh…

144.3441 HEPATITIS B VACCINATION. A minor may give effective consent for a hepatitis B vaccination. The consent of no other person is required. History: 1993 c 167 s 1

144.345 REPRESENTATIONS TO PERSONS RENDERING SERVICE. The consent of a minor who claims to be able to give effective consent for the purpose of receiving medical, dental, mental or other health services but who may not in fact do so, shall be deemed effective without the consent …

144.346 INFORMATION TO PARENTS. The professional may inform the parent or legal guardian of the minor patient of any treatment given or needed where, in the judgment of the professional, failure to inform the parent or guardian would seriously jeopardize the health of the minor p…

144.347 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. A minor so consenting for such health services shall thereby assume financial responsibility for the cost of said services. History: 1971 c 544 s 7

144.35 POLLUTION OF WATER. No sewage or other matter that will impair the healthfulness of water shall be deposited where it will fall or drain into any pond or stream used as a source of water supply for domestic use. The commissioner shall have general charge of all springs, we…

144.36 APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT. Within five days after service of the order, any person aggrieved thereby may appeal to the district court of the county in which such polluted source of water supply is situated. During the pendency of the appeal the pollution against which the o…

144.37 OTHER REMEDIES PRESERVED. Nothing in section 144.36 shall curtail the power of the courts to administer the usual legal and equitable remedies in cases of nuisances or of improper interference with private rights. History: (5377) RL s 2149; 1987 c 309 s 17

144.381 CITATION. Sections 144.381 to 144.387 may be cited as the "Safe Drinking Water Act of 1977." History: 1977 c 66 s 1

144.382 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 144.381 to 144.387, the following terms have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the state commissioner of health. § Subd. 2a.Connector. "Connector" means gooseneck, pigtail, and…

144.383 AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER. In order to ensure safe drinking water in all public water supplies, the commissioner has the following powers: (a) To approve the site, design, and construction and alteration of all public water supplies and, for community and nontransient non…

144.3831 FEES. § Subdivision 1.Fee setting. The commissioner of health may assess an annual fee of $15.22 for every service connection to a public water supply that is owned or operated by a home rule charter city, a statutory city, a city of the first class, or a town. The commi…

144.384 NOTICE OF VIOLATION. Upon discovery of a violation of a maximum contaminant level or treatment technique, the commissioner shall promptly notify the supplier of the violation, state the rule violated, and state a date by which the violation must be corrected or by which a…

144.385 PUBLIC NOTICE. If a public water system has violated a rule of the commissioner, has a variance or exemption granted, or fails to comply with the terms of the variance or exemption, the supplier shall provide public notice of the fact pursuant to the rules of the commissi…

144.3853 CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICE LINES. § Subdivision 1.Classification of lead status of service line. (a) A water system may classify the actual material of a service line, such as copper or plastic, as an alternative to classifying the service line as a nonlead service line, …

144.3855 LIMITATION. To meet cross-connection control requirements, as defined in Minnesota Rules, parts 4714.0602 and 4720.0025, the use of a hose connection backflow preventer and a hose connection vacuum breaker, not rated for continuous use, is permitted at individual water s…

144.386 PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Basic fine. A person who violates a rule of the commissioner, fails to comply with the terms of a variance or exemption, or fails to request a variance or exemption by the date specified in the notice from the commissioner, may be fined up to $1…

144.387 COSTS. If the state prevails in any civil action under section 144.386, the court may award reasonable costs and expenses to the state. History: 1977 c 66 s 7

144.3872 FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. The commissioner of health shall carry out appropriate education, prevention, and outreach activities in communities that traditionally practice female circumcision, excision, or infibulation to inform people in those co…

144.3885 LABOR TRAFFICKING SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of health must establish a labor trafficking services grant program to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed, and culturally specific services for victims of labor trafficking or l…

144.391 PUBLIC POLICY. The legislature finds that: (1) smoking causes premature death, disability, and chronic disease, including cancer and heart disease, and lung disease; (2) smoking related diseases result in excess medical care costs; and (3) smoking initiation occurs primar…

144.392 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. The commissioner of health shall: (1) provide assistance to workplaces to develop policies that promote nonsmoking and are consistent with the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act; (2) provide technical assistance, including design and evaluation methods…

144.393 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM. The commissioner may conduct a long-term coordinated public information program that includes public service announcements, public education forums, mass media, and written materials. The program must promote nonsmoking and include backgroun…

144.394 HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION. The commissioner may sell at market value all health promotion and health education materials. Proceeds from the sale of the materials are appropriated to the Department of Health for the program that developed the material. History: 1995 c…

144.396 TOBACCO USE PREVENTION. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The legislature finds that it is important to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use among the youth of this state. It is a goal of the state to reduce tobacco use among youth by 25 percent by the year 2005, and to promote st…

144.397 STATEWIDE TOBACCO CESSATION SERVICES. (a) The commissioner of health shall administer, or contract for the administration of, statewide tobacco cessation services to assist Minnesotans who are seeking advice or services to help them quit using tobacco products. The commis…

144.398 TOBACCO USE PREVENTION ACCOUNT; ESTABLISHMENT AND USES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the terms in this subdivision have the meanings given. (b) "Electronic delivery device" has the meaning given in section 609.685, subdivision 1, paragraph (c)…

144.411 CITATION. Sections 144.411 to 144.417 may be cited as the "Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act." History: 1975 c 211 s 1

144.412 PUBLIC POLICY. The purpose of sections 144.411 to 144.417 is to protect employees and the general public from the hazards of secondhand smoke and involuntary exposure to aerosol or vapor from electronic delivery devices by eliminating smoking in public places, places of e…

144.413 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 144.411 to 144.417, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 1a.Indoor area. "Indoor area" means all space between a floor and a ceiling that is bounded by walls, doorways, or windows, …

144.414 PROHIBITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Public places, places of employment, public transportation, and public meetings. Smoking shall not be permitted in and no person shall smoke in a public place, at a public meeting, in a place of employment, or in public transportation, except…

144.416 RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROPRIETORS. (a) The proprietor or other person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity that owns, leases, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the use of a public place, public transportation, place of employment, or public …

144.4165 TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (a) No person shall at any time smoke, chew, or otherwise ingest tobacco, or carry or use an activated electronic delivery device as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, in a public school, as defined in section 120A.0…

144.4167 PERMITTED SMOKING. § Subdivision 1.Scientific study participants. Smoking by participants in peer reviewed scientific studies related to the health effects of smoking may be allowed in a separated room ventilated at a rate of 60 cubic feet per minute per person pursuant …

144.417 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Rules. The state commissioner of health shall adopt rules necessary and reasonable to implement the provisions of sections 144.411 to 144.417. § Subd. 2.Violations. (a) Any proprietor, person, or entity that …

144.4171 SCOPE. § Subdivision 1.Authority. Under the powers and duties assigned to the commissioner in sections 144.05 and 144.12, the commissioner shall proceed according to sections 144.4171 to 144.4186 with respect to persons who pose a health threat to others or who engage in…

144.4172 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Carrier. "Carrier" means a person who serves as a potential source of infection and who harbors or who the commissioner reasonably believes to be harboring a specific infectious agent whether or not there is present discernible clinical disea…

144.4173 CAUSE OF ACTION. § Subdivision 1.Compliance with directive. Failure or refusal of a carrier to comply with a health directive is grounds for proceeding under subdivision 2. § Subd. 2.Commencement of action. The commissioner, or a community health board as defined in sect…