Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

144.588 CERTIFICATION OF EXPERT REVIEW. § Subdivision 1.Requirement; action to collect medical debt or garnish wages or bank accounts. (a) In an action against a patient or guarantor for collection of medical debt owed to a hospital or for garnishment of the patient's or guaranto…

144.589 BILLING OF UNINSURED PATIENTS. § Subdivision 1.Limits on charges. A hospital must not charge a patient whose annual household income is less than $125,000 for any uninsured service or treatment in an amount that exceeds the lowest total amount the provider would be reimbu…

144.591 DISCLOSURE OF HOSPITAL CHARGES. (a) Each hospital, including hospitals designated as critical access hospitals, shall provide to each discharged patient within 30 calendar days of discharge an itemized description of billed charges for medical services and goods the patie…

144.602 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For purposes of sections 144.602 to 144.608, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health. § Subd. 3.Major trauma. "Major trauma" means a…

144.603 STATEWIDE TRAUMA SYSTEM CRITERIA. § Subdivision 1.Criteria established. The commissioner shall adopt criteria to ensure that severely injured people are promptly transported and treated at trauma hospitals appropriate to the severity of injury. Minimum criteria shall addr…

144.604 TRAUMA TRIAGE AND TRANSPORTATION. § Subdivision 1.Transport requirement. Unless the director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services has approved a licensed ambulance service's deviation from the guidelines under section 144E.101, subdivision 14, the ambulance service…

144.605 DESIGNATING TRAUMA HOSPITALS. § Subdivision 1.Naming privileges. Unless it has been designated a trauma hospital by the commissioner, no hospital shall use the term trauma center or trauma hospital in its name or its advertising or shall otherwise indicate it has trauma t…

144.606 INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFERS. § Subdivision 1.Written procedures required. A level III or IV trauma hospital must have predetermined, written procedures that direct the internal process for rapidly and efficiently transferring a major trauma patient to definitive care, includi…

144.6062 COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. The commissioner of health shall establish a comprehensive advanced life-support educational program to train rural medical personnel, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and allied health care providers, in a team app…

144.6071 TRAUMA REGISTRY. § Subdivision 1.Registry. The commissioner of health shall establish and maintain a central registry of persons who sustain major trauma as defined in section 144.602, subdivision 3. The registry shall collect information to facilitate the development of…

144.608 TRAUMA ADVISORY COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Trauma Advisory Council established. (a) A Trauma Advisory Council is established to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the commissioner on the development, maintenance, and improvement of a statewide trauma system. …

144.611 CAPTIONING REQUIRED. (a) This section applies to health care facilities licensed under this chapter. (b) Any television in a waiting room provided for use by the general public, or by individuals using or requesting services, must have a closed captioning feature activate…

144.615 BIRTH CENTERS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions have the meanings given them. (b) "Birth center" means a facility licensed for the primary purpose of performing low-risk deliveries that is not a hospital or licensed …

144.6501 NURSING HOME ADMISSION CONTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Facility" means a nursing home licensed under chapter 144A or a boarding care facility licensed under sections 144.50 t…

144.6502 ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN CERTAIN FACILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given. (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health. (c) "Department" means the Department of He…

144.6503 FACILITIES FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR RELATED DISORDER. (a) If a nursing facility serves persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders, whether in a segregated or general unit, the facility's direct care staff and their supervisors must be trained in dementia car…

144.6505 SUBACUTE CARE WAIVERS. § Subdivision 1.Subacute care; waiver from state and federal rules and regulations. The commissioners of health and human services shall work with providers to examine state and federal rules and regulations governing the provision of care in nursi…

144.651 HEALTH CARE BILL OF RIGHTS. § Subdivision 1.Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature and the purpose of this section to promote the interests and well being of the patients and residents of health care facilities. No health care facility may require a patie…

144.6512 RETALIATION IN NURSING HOMES PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (1) "nursing home" means a facility licensed as a nursing home under chapter 144A; and (2) "resident" means a person residing in a nursing home. § Subd. 2.Retaliation …

144.652 BILL OF RIGHTS NOTICE TO PATIENT OR RESIDENT; VIOLATION. § Subdivision 1.Distribution; posting. Except as provided below, section 144.651 shall be posted conspicuously in a public place in all facilities licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.…

144.6521 DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST. § Subdivision 1.Disclosure. No health care provider with a financial or economic interest in, or an employment or contractual arrangement that limits referral options with, a hospital, outpatient surgical center or diagnostic imaging fac…

144.6522 DESIGNATION OF A CAREGIVER. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section: (b) "Aftercare" means any assistance provided to a patient in the patient's residence by a caregiver designated by the patient in accordance with this section after the patient's d…

144.653 RULES; PERIODIC INSPECTIONS; ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Rules. The state commissioner of health is the exclusive state agency charged with the responsibility and duty of inspecting all facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58.…

144.6535 VARIANCE OR WAIVER. § Subdivision 1.Request for variance or waiver. A hospital may request that the commissioner grant a variance or waiver from the provisions of section 144.55, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). A request for a variance or waiver must be submitted to the co…

144.654 EXPERTS MAY BE EMPLOYED. The state commissioner of health may employ experts in the field of health care to assist the staffs of facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, in programming and providing adequate care of…

144.655 PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTARY MEDICAL AID. Licensed physicians may visit a facility required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, and examine patients and residents thereof under a program which shall be established by the state commission…

144.656 EMPLOYEES TO BE COMPENSATED. All employees of facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, participating in orientation programs or in in-service training provided by the facility shall be compensated therefor at their …

144.657 VOLUNTEER EFFORTS ENCOURAGED. The state commissioner of health, through the dissemination of information to appropriate organizations, shall encourage citizens to promote improved care in facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58…