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 facility, or an affiliate of one of these entities, shall refer a patient to that hospital, center, […]
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 discharge from a hospital. Assistance may include, but is not limited to, assisting […]
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. The state commissioner of health shall enforce its rules subject only to the authority of […]
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 Minnesota Rules, chapter 4640 or 4645. A request for a variance or waiver must be submitted to the commissioner in writing. Each request must contain: (1) the specific […]
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 the patients and residents of the facility. Alternate methods […]
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 commissioner of health and regulated and governed by rules promulgated by the state […]
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 regular rate of pay, provided, however, that this section will be effective only to […]
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, or 144A.02, throughout the state. History: 1973 c 688 s 7; 1976 c 173 s 46; 1977 […]
