Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

144E.285 EDUCATION PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Approval required. (a) All education programs for an EMR, EMT, AEMT, or paramedic must be approved by the director. (b) To be approved by the director, an education program must: (1) submit an application prescribed by the director tha…

144E.286 EXAMINER QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN TESTING. § Subdivision 1. MS 2002 [Repealed, 2004 c 144 s 9] § Subd. 2. MS 2002 [Repealed, 2004 c 144 s 9] § Subd. 3.Examiner qualifications. An examiner testing EMT, AEMT, or paramedic practical skills must be cer…

144E.287 DIVERSION PROGRAM. The director shall either conduct a health professionals services program or contract for a diversion program for professionals regulated under this chapter who are unable to perform their duties with reasonable skill and safety by reason of illness, u…

144E.29 FEES. (a) The director shall charge the following fees: (1) initial application for and renewal of an ambulance service license, $150; (2) each ambulance operated by a licensee, $96. The licensee shall pay an additional $96 fee for the full licensing period or $4 per mont…

144E.30 COOPERATION; DIRECTOR POWERS. § Subdivision 1. MS 1998 [Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 9 s 66] § Subd. 2. MS 1998 [Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 9 s 66] § Subd. 3.Cooperation during investigation. A licensee, person credentialed by the director, education program approved by the dir…

144E.305 REPORTING MISCONDUCT. § Subdivision 1.Voluntary reporting. A person who has knowledge of any conduct constituting grounds for discipline under section 144E.27, subdivision 5, or 144E.28, subdivision 5, may report the alleged violation to the director. § Subd. 2.Mandatory…

144E.31 CORRECTION ORDER AND FINES. § Subdivision 1.Correction order. (a) If the director finds that a licensee or education program has failed to comply with an applicable law or rule and the violation does not imminently endanger the public's health or safety, the director may …

144E.32 REVIEW ORGANIZATION. § Subdivision 1.Applicable law. The provisions of sections 145.61 to 145.67 apply to an ambulance service or first responder review organization. § Subd. 2.Review organization defined. A review organization, as defined under section 145.61, includes a…

144E.33 PENALTY. A person who violates a provision of sections 144E.001 to 144E.33 is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1999 c 245 art 9 s 44

144E.35 REIMBURSEMENT TO AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR EDUCATION COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Reimbursement for education costs; ambulance service eligibility. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, the director must reimburse all eligible Minnesota licensed ambulance services that apply fo…

144E.40 COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program is established. The program is intended to recognize the service rendered to state and local government and the citizens of Minnesota by qualified ambulance…

144E.41 PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY; QUALIFIED AMBULANCE SERVICE PERSONNEL. (a) Persons eligible to participate in the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program are qualified ambulance service personnel. (b) Qualified ambulance service personnel are ambulance attendants, ambulance drivers,…

144E.42 COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE TRUST; TRUST ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Trust. There is established the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust. § Subd. 2.Trust account. (a) There is established in the general fund the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust account and the Coo…

144E.43 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Award payments. (a) The director or the director's designee under section 144E.40, subdivision 2, shall pay Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance awards to qualified ambulance service personnel determined to be entitled to an award un…

144E.44 TRUST ACCOUNT INVESTMENT. The trust account must be invested by the State Board of Investment in nonretirement funds established under the provisions of section 11A.14. The trust account must be invested in investment accounts so that the asset allocation is similar to th…

144E.45 CREDITING QUALIFIED AMBULANCE PERSONNEL SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Separate record keeping. The director or the director's designee under section 144E.40, subdivision 2, shall maintain a separate record of potential award accumulations for each qualified ambulance service p…

144E.46 COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE AWARD. (a) A qualified ambulance service person who has terminated active ambulance service, who has at least five years of credited ambulance service, who is at least 50 years old, and who is among the 400 persons with the greatest amount …

144E.47 EFFECT OF CHANGES. § Subdivision 1.Modifications. The Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program is a gratuity established by the state of Minnesota and may be modified by subsequent legislative enactment at any time without creating any cause of action for any ambulance ser…

144E.48 SCOPE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. For purposes of administering the award and incentive program, the director cannot hear appeals, direct ambulance services to take any specific actions, investigate or take action on individual complaints, or otherwise act on information be…

144E.50 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUND. § Subdivision 1.Citation. This section is the "Minnesota Emergency Medical Services System Support Act." § Subd. 2.Establishment and purpose. In order to develop, maintain, and improve regional emergency medical services systems, the direc…

144E.52 FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES REGIONS. The director shall distribute funds appropriated from the general fund equally among the emergency medical service regions. Each regional board may use this money to reimburse eligible emergency medical services personnel fo…

144E.53 MEDICAL RESOURCE COMMUNICATION CENTER GRANTS. The director shall distribute medical resource communication center grants annually to the two medical resource communication centers that were in operation in the state prior to January 1, 2000. History: 2023 c 70 art 6 s 8; …

144E.55 RURAL EMS UNCOMPENSATED CARE POOL PAYMENT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Eligible licensee" means a licensee that primarily provides ambulance services outside the metropolitan coun…

144F.01 FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (a) "Political subdivision" means a county, a statutory or home rule charter city, or a townshi…

144G.08 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms in this section have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Adult. "Adult" means a natural person who has attained the age of 18 years. § Subd. 3.Advanced practice registered nurse. "Advanced p…

144G.09 COMMISSIONER OVERSIGHT AND AUTHORITY OVER ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Regulations. The commissioner shall regulate assisted living facilities pursuant to this chapter. The regulations shall include the following: (1) provisions to assure, to the extent pos…

144G.10 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.License required. (a)(1) Beginning August 1, 2021, no assisted living facility may operate in Minnesota unless it is licensed under this chapter. (2) No facility or building on a campus may provide assisted living services…

144G.11 APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. Assisted living facilities: (1) are subject to and must comply with chapter 504B; (2) must comply with section 325F.72; and (3) are not required to obtain a lodging license under chapter 157 and related rules. History: 2019 c 60 art 1 s 44,47

144G.12 APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE. § Subdivision 1.License applications. Each application for an assisted living facility license, including provisional and renewal applications, must include information sufficient to show that the applicant meets the requirements of licensure, i…

144G.13 BACKGROUND STUDIES OF LICENSE APPLICANTS. § Subdivision 1.Background studies required. (a) Before the commissioner issues a provisional license, issues a license as a result of an approved change of ownership, or renews a license, a managerial official or a natural person…

144G.15 CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. (a) Before issuing a provisional license or license or renewing a license, the commissioner shall consider an applicant's compliance history in providing care in this state or any other state in a facility that provides care to children, the…

144G.16 PROVISIONAL LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Provisional license. Beginning August 1, 2021, for new assisted living facility license applicants, the commissioner shall issue a provisional license from one of the licensure categories specified in section 144G.10, subdivision 2. A …

144G.17 LICENSE RENEWAL. A license that is not a provisional license may be renewed for a period of up to one year if the licensee: (1) submits an application for renewal in the format provided by the commissioner at least 60 calendar days before expiration of the license; (2) su…

144G.18 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Notification. A provisional licensee or licensee shall notify the commissioner in writing prior to a change in the manager or authorized agent and within 60 calendar days after any change in the information required …

144G.19 TRANSFER OF LICENSE PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Transfers prohibited. An assisted living facility license may not be transferred to another party. § Subd. 2.New license required. (a) A prospective licensee must apply for a license prior to operating a currently licensed a…

144G.191 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY LICENSING IMPLEMENTATION; TRANSITION PERIOD FOR CURRENT PROVIDERS. § Subdivision 1.Application limits. (a) Beginning June 1, 2021, no initial housing with services establishment registration applications shall be accepted under chapter 144D. (b) …

144G.195 FACILITY RELOCATION. § Subdivision 1.New license not required. (a) Beginning March 15, 2025, an assisted living facility with a licensed resident capacity of five residents or fewer may operate under the licensee's current license if the facility is relocated with the ap…

144G.20 ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Conditions. (a) The commissioner may refuse to grant a provisional license, refuse to grant a license as a result of a change in ownership, refuse to renew a license, suspend or revoke a license, or impose a conditional license if the owner, c…

144G.30 SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Regulatory powers. (a) The Department of Health is the exclusive state agency charged with the responsibility and duty of surveying and investigating all assisted living facilities required to be licensed under this chapter. The…

144G.31 VIOLATIONS AND FINES. § Subdivision 1.Categories of violations. Correction orders for violations are categorized by both level and scope. § Subd. 2.Levels of violations. Correction orders for violations are categorized by level as follows: (1) Level 1 is a violation that …

144G.32 RECONSIDERATION OF CORRECTION ORDERS AND FINES. § Subdivision 1.Reconsideration process required. The commissioner shall make available to assisted living facilities a correction order reconsideration process. This process may be used to challenge the correction order iss…

144G.33 INNOVATION VARIANCE. § Subdivision 1.Definition; granting variances. (a) For purposes of this section, "innovation variance" means a specified alternative to a requirement of this chapter. (b) An innovation variance may be granted to allow an assisted living facility to o…

144G.40 HOUSING AND SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Responsibility for housing and services. The facility is directly responsible to the resident for all housing and service-related matters provided, irrespective of a management contract. Housing and service-related matters include but…

144G.401 PAYMENT FOR SERVICES UNDER DISABILITY WAIVERS. For new assisted living facilities that did not operate as registered housing with services establishments prior to August 1, 2021, home and community-based services under section 256B.49 are not available when the new facil…

144G.41 MINIMUM ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Minimum requirements. All assisted living facilities shall: (1) distribute to residents the assisted living bill of rights; (2) provide services in a manner that complies with the Nurse Practice Act in section…

144G.42 BUSINESS OPERATION. § Subdivision 1.Display of license. The original current license must be displayed at the main entrance of each assisted living facility. The facility must provide a copy of the license to any person who requests it. § Subd. 2.Quality management. The f…