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 […]
Section 144.561 — Description Of Certain Medical Facilities.
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 a division, department, board or agency of a governmental unit. (b) “Medical facility” means an institution, office, […]
Section 144.562 — Swing Bed Approval; Issuance Of License Conditions.
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 certified to participate in the federal Medicare program under United States Code, […]
Section 144.563 — Nursing Services Provided In A Hospital; Prohibited Practices.
144.563 NURSING SERVICES PROVIDED IN A HOSPITAL; PROHIBITED PRACTICES. A hospital that has been granted a license condition under section 144.562 must not provide to patients not reimbursed by Medicare or medical assistance the types of services that would be usually and customarily provided and reimbursed under medical assistance or Medicare as services of a […]
Section 144.564 — Monitoring Of Subacute Or Transitional Care Services.
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 on the extent and utilization of these services on forms supplied by the commissioner. The data must […]
Section 144.565 — Diagnostic Imaging Facilities.
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 preceding fiscal year to the commissioner, in the form and manner specified by the commissioner: (1) utilization […]
Section 144.566 — Violence Against Health Care Workers.
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, urinating, sexually harassing, or any act defined in sections 609.221 to 609.2241. […]
Section 144.53 — Fees.
144.53 FEES. Each application for a license, or renewal thereof, to operate a hospital, sanitarium or other institution for the hospitalization or care of human beings, within the meaning of sections 144.50 to 144.56, except applications by the Minnesota Veterans Home, the commissioner of human services for the licensing of state institutions or by the […]
Section 144.54 — Inspections.
144.54 INSPECTIONS. Every building, institution, or establishment for which a license has been issued shall be periodically inspected by a duly appointed representative of the state commissioner of health under the rules to be established by the state commissioner of health. No institution of any kind licensed pursuant to the provisions of sections 144.50 to […]
Section 144.55 — Licenses; Issuance, Suspension And Revocation.
144.55 LICENSES; ISSUANCE, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION. Subdivision 1. Issuance. (a) The state commissioner of health is hereby authorized to issue licenses to operate hospitals, sanitariums, outpatient surgical centers, or other institutions for the hospitalization or care of human beings, which are found to comply with the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.56 and any reasonable […]