Section 144.585 — Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Control Programs.
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 Department of Health MRSA recommendations as published January 15, 2008. In developing the MRSA recommendations, the Department of Health shall consider the following […]
Section 144.586 — Requirements For Certain Notices And Discharge Planning.
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 such placement not later than 24 hours after such placement. The oral and written notices […]
Section 144.591 — Disclosure Of Hospital Charges.
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 patient received during the hospital stay. The itemized description of billed charges may include technical terms […]
Section 144.573 — Pets In Certain Institutions.
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
Section 144.574 — Dangers Of Shaking Infants And Young Children.
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 dangers associated with shaking infants and young children. (b) A hospital shall […]
Section 144.58 — Information, Confidential.
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 c 549 s 9; 1951 c 304 s 11; 1977 c 305 s 45
Section 144.581 — Hospital Authorities.
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 sections 412.221, 447.05 to 447.13, 447.31, or 471.59, or under any special law authorizing or establishing a hospital […]
Section 144.554 — Health Facilities Construction Plan Submittal And Fees.
144.554 HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PLAN SUBMITTAL AND FEES. For hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, residential hospices, supervised living facilities, freestanding outpatient surgical centers, and end-stage renal disease facilities, the commissioner shall collect a fee for the review and approval of architectural, mechanical, and electrical plans and specifications submitted before construction begins for each project […]
Section 144.555 — Facility Or Campus Closings, Relocating Services, Or Ceasing To Offer Certain Services; Patient Relocations.
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 hospital, voluntarily plans to cease operations or to curtail operations to the extent that patients or […]
Section 144.56 — Standards.
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 interests and may rescind or modify them from time to time as may be […]