144.291 MINNESOTA HEALTH RECORDS ACT. Subdivision 1. Short title. Sections 144.291 to 144.298 may be cited as the “Minnesota Health Records Act.” Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of sections 144.291 to 144.298, the following terms have the meanings given. (a) “Group purchaser” has the meaning given in section 62J.03, subdivision 6. (b) “Health information […]
144.292 PATIENT RIGHTS. Subdivision 1. Scope. Patients have the rights specified in this section regarding the treatment the patient receives and the patient’s health record. Subd. 2. Patient access. Upon request, a provider shall supply to a patient within 30 calendar days of receiving a written request for medical records complete and current information possessed […]
144.293 RELEASE OR DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Release or disclosure of health records. Health records can be released or disclosed as specified in subdivisions 2 to 9 and sections 144.294 and 144.295. Subd. 2. Patient consent to release of records. A provider, or a person who receives health records from a provider, may […]
144.294 RECORDS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Subdivision 1. Provider inquiry. Upon the written request of a spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a patient being evaluated for or diagnosed with mental illness, a provider shall inquire of a patient whether the patient wishes to authorize a specific individual to receive information regarding the patient’s current […]
144.295 DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH RECORDS FOR EXTERNAL RESEARCH. Subdivision 1. Methods of release. (a) Notwithstanding section 144.293, subdivisions 2 and 4, health records may be released to an external researcher solely for purposes of medical or scientific research only as follows: (1) health records generated before January 1, 1997, may be released if the patient […]
144.296 COPIES OF VIDEOTAPES. A provider may not release a copy of a videotape of a child victim or alleged victim of physical or sexual abuse without a court order under section 13.03, subdivision 6, or as provided in section 611A.90. This section does not limit the right of a patient to view the videotape. […]
144.297 INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION. Sections 144.291 to 144.298 apply to the subject and provider of an independent medical examination requested by or paid for by a third party. Notwithstanding section 144.293, a provider may release health records created as part of an independent medical examination to the third party who requested or paid for the […]
144.298 PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Licensing action. A violation of sections 144.291 to 144.298 may be grounds for disciplinary action against a provider by the appropriate licensing board or agency. Subd. 2. Liability of provider or other person. A person who does any of the following is liable to the patient for compensatory damages caused by […]
144.30 COPIES OF RECORDS EVIDENCE IN JUVENILE COURT. When any child shall be brought into juvenile court the court shall request, and the custodian of the record shall furnish, a complete certified copy of such record to the court, which copy shall be received as evidence in the case; and no decision or disposition of […]
144.32 FALSE STATEMENTS CAUSE FOR DISCHARGE. Any intentionally false statement in such certificate and any act or omission of a superintendent or superior officer to connive at or permit the same shall be deemed good cause for summary discharge of the person at fault regardless of any contract. History: (5356-4) 1929 c 277 s 4
144.334 RIGHT TO REQUEST PATIENT INFORMATION. Upon an oral or written request by a spouse, parent, child, or sibling for information about a patient who is being evaluated for or diagnosed with mental illness, a provider must notify the requesting individual of the right under section 144.294 to have the provider request the patient’s authorization […]
144.3345 INTERCONNECTED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The following definitions are used for the purposes of this section. (b) “Eligible community e-health collaborative” means an existing or newly established collaborative to support the adoption and use of interoperable electronic health records. A collaborative must consist of at least two or more eligible […]
144.3351 IMMUNIZATION DATA. Providers as defined in section 144.291, subdivision 2, group purchasers as defined in section 62J.03, subdivision 6, elementary or secondary schools or child care facilities as defined in section 121A.15, subdivision 9, public or private postsecondary educational institutions as defined in section 135A.14, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), a community health board as […]
144.3352 HEPATITIS B MATERNAL CARRIER DATA; INFANT IMMUNIZATION. The commissioner of health or a community health board may inform the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant attending a newborn of the hepatitis B infection status of the biological mother. History: 1994 c 618 art 1 s 20; 2015 c 21 art 1 s […]
144.336 REGISTRY OF PERSONS TYPED FOR HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS. Subdivision 1. Release restricted. No person, including the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision, that maintains or operates a registry of the names of persons, their human leukocyte antigen types, and their willingness to be a tissue donor shall reveal the identity of the […]
144.34 INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES. Any physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant having under professional care any person whom the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant believes to be suffering from poisoning from lead, phosphorus, arsenic, brass, silica dust, carbon monoxide gas, wood alcohol, or mercury, or their compounds, […]
