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 144.602 — Definitions.
144.602 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of sections 144.602 to 144.608, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Commissioner. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health. Subd. 3. Major trauma. “Major trauma” means a sudden severe injury or damage to the body caused by an external force that results […]
Section 144.603 — Statewide Trauma System Criteria.
144.603 STATEWIDE TRAUMA SYSTEM CRITERIA. Subdivision 1. Criteria established. The commissioner shall adopt criteria to ensure that severely injured people are promptly transported and treated at trauma hospitals appropriate to the severity of injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage and transportation guidelines as approved under section 144E.101, subdivision 14, designation of […]
Section 144.604 — Trauma Triage And Transportation.
144.604 TRAUMA TRIAGE AND TRANSPORTATION. Subdivision 1. Transport requirement. Unless the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board has approved a licensed ambulance service’s deviation from the guidelines under section 144E.101, subdivision 14, the ambulance service must transport major trauma patients from the scene according to subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Ground ambulance transportation. Ground ambulances must immediately […]
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 144.554 — 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 […]