Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

147A.06 CANCELLATION OF LICENSE FOR NONRENEWAL. § Subdivision 1.Cancellation of license. The board shall not renew, reissue, reinstate, or restore a license that has lapsed and has not been renewed within two annual renewal cycles. A licensee whose license is canceled for nonrene…

147A.07 RENEWAL. (a) A person who holds a license as a physician assistant shall annually, upon notification from the board, renew the license by: (1) submitting the appropriate fee as determined by the board; (2) completing the appropriate forms; and (3) meeting any other requir…

147A.08 EXEMPTIONS. (a) This chapter does not apply to, control, prevent, or restrict the practice, service, or activities of persons listed in section 147.09, clauses (1) to (6) and (8) to (13); persons regulated under section 214.01, subdivision 2; or midlevel practitioners, nu…

147A.09 SCOPE OF PRACTICE. § Subdivision 1.Scope of practice. Physician assistants shall practice medicine only under an established practice agreement. A physician assistant's scope of practice includes: (1) services within the training and experience of the physician assistant;…

147A.13 GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. § Subdivision 1.Grounds listed. The board may refuse to grant licensure or may impose disciplinary action as described in this subdivision against any physician assistant. The following conduct is prohibited and is grounds for disciplinary…

147A.14 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Permission to report. A person who has knowledge of any conduct constituting grounds for discipline under this chapter may report the violation to the board. § Subd. 2.Institutions. Any hospital, clinic, prepaid medical plan, or othe…

147A.15 IMMUNITY. § Subdivision 1.Reporting. Any person, health care facility, business, or organization is immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for submitting a report to the board pursuant to this chapter or for otherwise reporting to the board violations or alle…

147A.155 REPORTS TO COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. (a) The board shall maintain a record of an event that comes to the board's attention that, in the judgment of the board or a committee of the board, qualifies as an adverse health care event under section 144.7065. (b) Within 30 days o…

147A.16 FORMS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) When the board finds that a licensed physician assistant has violated a provision of this chapter, it may do one or more of the following: (1) revoke the license; (2) suspend the license; (3) impose limitations or conditions on the physic…

147A.17 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ACCOUNTABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Investigation. (a) The board shall maintain and keep current a file containing the reports and complaints filed against physician assistants in the state. Each complaint filed with the board pursuant to section 214.10, s…

147A.185 PRESCRIBING DRUGS AND THERAPEUTIC DEVICES. § Subdivision 1.Diagnosis, prescribing, and ordering. A physician assistant is authorized to: (1) diagnose, prescribe, and institute therapy or referrals of patients to health care agencies and providers; (2) prescribe, procure,…

147A.19 IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. Physician assistants licensed under this chapter shall keep their license available for inspection at their primary place of business and shall, when engaged in their professional activities, wear a name tag identifying themselves as a "physic…

147A.23 RESPONDING TO DISASTER SITUATIONS. A physician assistant duly licensed or credentialed in a United States jurisdiction or by a federal employer who is responding to a need for medical care created by an emergency according to section 604A.01, or a state or local disaster …

147A.24 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Amount of education required. Applicants for license renewal must either meet standards for continuing education through current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, or its su…

147A.26 PROCEDURES. The board shall establish, in writing, internal operating procedures for receiving and investigating complaints, accepting and processing applications, granting licenses, and imposing enforcement actions. The written internal operating procedures may include p…

147A.27 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ADVISORY COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Membership. The Physician Assistant Advisory Council is created and is composed of seven persons appointed by the board. The seven persons must include: (1) two public members, as defined in section 214.02; (2) three p…

147A.28 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT APPLICATION AND LICENSE FEES. (a) The board may charge the following nonrefundable fees: (1) physician assistant application fee, $120; (2) physician assistant annual license renewal fee, $115; (3) physician assistant locum tenens permit, $25; (4) phys…

147A.29 LICENSE RENEWAL CYCLE CONVERSION. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The license renewal cycle for physician assistant licensees is converted to an annual cycle where renewal is due on the last day of the licensee's month of birth. Conversion pursuant to this section begins Janua…

147A.35 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE COMPACT. The physician assistant (PA) licensure compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in it in the form substantially specified in this section. ARTICLE I TITLE This statute shall be known a…

147B.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Acupressure. "Acupressure" means the application of pressure to acupuncture points. § Subd. 3.Acupuncture practice. "Acupuncture practice" means a comprehensive sy…

147B.02 LICENSURE. § Subdivision 1.Licensure required. Except as provided under subdivision 4, it is unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of acupuncture without a valid license. Each licensed acupuncture practitioner shall conspicuously display the license in the pla…

147B.03 NCCAOM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.NCCAOM requirements. Unless a person is licensed under section 147B.02, subdivision 6, each licensee is required to meet the NCCAOM professional development activity requirements to maintain NCCAOM cer…

147B.04 BOARD ACTION ON APPLICATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Verification of application information. The board or Acupuncture Advisory Council established under section 147B.05, with the approval of the board, may verify information provided by an application for licensure under sectio…

147B.05 ACUPUNCTURE ADVISORY COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The advisory council to the Board of Medical Practice for acupuncture consists of seven members appointed by the board to three-year terms. Four members must be licensed acupuncture practitioners, one member must be …

147B.06 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. § Subdivision 1.Practice standards. (a) Before treatment of a patient, an acupuncture practitioner shall ask whether the patient has been examined by a licensed physician or other professional, as defined by section 145.61, subdivision 2, with regard…

147B.07 DISCIPLINE; REPORTING. For purposes of this chapter, acupuncturist licensees and applicants are subject to the provisions of sections 147.091 to 147.162. History: 1995 c 177 s 8

147B.08 FEES. § Subdivision 1. MS 2016 [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56] § Subd. 2. MS 2016 [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56] § Subd. 3. MS 2016 [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56] § Subd. 4.Acupuncturist application and license fees. (a) The board may charge the following no…

147B.09 LICENSE RENEWAL CYCLE CONVERSION. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The license renewal cycle for acupuncture practitioner licensees is converted to an annual cycle where renewal is due on the last day of the licensee's month of birth. Conversion pursuant to this section begins …

147C.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Advisory council. "Advisory council" means the Respiratory Care Advisory Council established under section 147C.35. § Subd. 3.Approved education program. "Approved…

147C.05 SCOPE OF PRACTICE. (a) The practice of respiratory care by a licensed respiratory therapist includes, but is not limited to, the following services: (1) providing and monitoring therapeutic administration of medical gases, aerosols, humidification, and pharmacological age…

147C.10 UNLICENSED PRACTICE PROHIBITED; PROTECTED TITLES AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE. § Subdivision 1.Protected titles. A person who does not hold a license or temporary permit under this chapter as a respiratory therapist or whose license or permit has lapsed, been suspended, or bee…

147C.15 LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.General requirements for licensure. To be eligible for a license, an applicant, with the exception of those seeking licensure by reciprocity under subdivision 2, must: (1) submit a completed application on forms provided by the boar…

147C.20 BOARD ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. (a) The board shall act on each application for licensure according to paragraphs (b) to (d). (b) The board shall determine if the applicant meets the requirements for licensure under section 147C.15. The board or advisory counc…

147C.25 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Number of required contact hours. Two years after the date of initial licensure, and every two years thereafter, a licensee applying for license renewal must complete a minimum of 24 contact hours of board-approved contin…

147C.30 DISCIPLINE; REPORTING. For purposes of this chapter, licensed respiratory therapists and applicants are subject to the provisions of sections 147.091 to 147.162. History: 1997 c 120 s 8; 2009 c 142 art 2 s 7

147C.35 RESPIRATORY CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Membership. The board shall appoint a seven-member Respiratory Care Advisory Council consisting of two public members as defined in section 214.02, three licensed respiratory therapists, and two licensed physicians with e…

147C.40 FEES. § Subdivision 1. MS 2016 [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56] § Subd. 2. MS 2016 [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56] § Subd. 3. MS 2016 [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56] § Subd. 4. MS 2016 [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56] § Subd. 5.Respiratory therapist applicat…

147C.45 LICENSE RENEWAL CYCLE CONVERSION. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The license renewal cycle for respiratory care practitioner licensees is converted to an annual cycle where renewal is due on the last day of the licensee's month of birth. Conversion pursuant to this section be…

147D.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Advisory council. "Advisory council" means the Advisory Council of Traditional Midwifery established under section 147D.25. § Subd. 3.Approved education program. "…

147D.03 MIDWIFERY. § Subdivision 1.General. Within the meaning of sections 147D.01 to 147D.27, a person who shall publicly profess to be a traditional midwife and who, for a fee, shall assist or attend to a woman in pregnancy, childbirth outside a hospital, and postpartum, shall …

147D.05 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. § Subdivision 1.Practice standards. (a) A licensed traditional midwife shall provide an initial and ongoing screening to ensure that each client receives safe and appropriate care. A licensed traditional midwife shall only accept and provide care to …

147D.07 INFORMED CONSENT. § Subdivision 1.General. Before providing any services to a client, a licensed traditional midwife must: (1) advise the client of the information contained in the informed consent form; (2) provide the client with an informed consent form; and (3) have t…

147D.09 LIMITATIONS OF PRACTICE. (a) A licensed traditional midwife shall not prescribe, dispense, or administer prescription drugs, except as permitted under paragraph (b). (b) A licensed traditional midwife may obtain, possess, and administer vitamin K either orally or through …

147D.11 MEDICAL CONSULTATION PLAN. (a) To be eligible for licensure as a traditional midwife, an applicant must develop a medical consultation plan, including an emergency plan. The plan must describe guidelines and under what conditions the plan is to be implemented for: (1) con…

147D.13 REPORTING. § Subdivision 1.Record of birth. A licensed traditional midwife must complete a record of birth in accordance with section 144.215. § Subd. 2.Practice report. (a) A licensed traditional midwife must compile a summary report on each client. The report must inclu…

147D.15 PROTECTED TITLES. § Subdivision 1.Protected titles. No person may use the title "licensed traditional midwife," or "licensed midwife," or use, in connection with the person's name, the letters "LTM," "LM," or any other titles, words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia in…