Section 144.4802 — Authority.
144.4802 AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. Authority to commit. Under the powers and duties assigned to the commissioner in this chapter and chapter 145, the commissioner may proceed under sections 144.4801 to 144.4813 whenever the commissioner has probable cause to believe that a person who has active tuberculosis or is clinically suspected of having active tuberculosis is […]
Section 144.4195 — Due Process For Isolation Or Quarantine Of Persons.
144.4195 DUE PROCESS FOR ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE OF PERSONS. Subdivision 1. Ex parte order for isolation or quarantine. (a) Before isolating or quarantining a person or group of persons, the commissioner of health shall obtain a written, ex parte order authorizing the isolation or quarantine from the District Court of Ramsey County, the county where […]
Section 144.4196 — Employee Protection.
144.4196 EMPLOYEE PROTECTION. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) “qualifying employee” means a person who performs services for hire in Minnesota and who has been subject to isolation or quarantine, or has responsibility for the care of a person under subdivision 2 who is subject to isolation or quarantine, for a communicable […]
Section 144.4197 — Emergency Vaccine Administration; Legend Drug.
144.4197 EMERGENCY VACCINE ADMINISTRATION; LEGEND DRUG. When a mayor, county board chair, or legal successor to such official has declared a local emergency under section 12.29 or the governor has declared an emergency under section 12.31, subdivision 1 or 2, or a community health board or its appointed agent under chapter 145A has requested the […]
Section 144.4198 — Mass Dispensing Under Authority Of Commissioner Of Health.
144.4198 MASS DISPENSING UNDER AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. Subdivision 1. Definition. “Closed point of dispensing (POD)” means a dispensing or vaccinating location, including but not limited to a business, nonprofit, governmental, correctional, educational, health care, religious, or other entity that dispenses to a limited group such as employees and their household members, residents, business […]
Section 144.4199 — Public Health Response Contingency Account.
144.4199 PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Public health response contingency account. A public health response contingency account is created in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. Money in the public health response contingency account does not cancel and is appropriated to the commissioner of health for the purposes specified in subdivisions […]
Section 144.441 — Tuberculosis Screening In Schools.
144.441 TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING IN SCHOOLS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in sections 144.441 and 144.442, the terms in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) “Person employed by a school or school district” means a person employed by a school, school district, or by a service cooperative as a member of the instructional, […]
Section 144.442 — Testing In School Clinics.
144.442 TESTING IN SCHOOL CLINICS. Subdivision 1. Administration; notification. In the event that the commissioner designates a school or school district under section 144.441, subdivision 2, the school or school district or community health board may administer Mantoux screening tests to some or all persons enrolled in or employed by the designated school or school […]
Section 144.445 — Tuberculosis Screening In Correctional Institutions.
144.445 TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. Subdivision 1. Screening of inmates. (a) All persons detained or confined for 14 consecutive days or more in facilities operated, licensed, or inspected by the Department of Corrections shall be screened for tuberculosis with either a Mantoux test or a chest roentgenogram (x-ray) as consistent with screening and follow-up […]
Section 144.4180 — Remedies.
144.4180 REMEDIES. Subdivision 1. Remedies available. Upon a finding by the court that the commissioner has proven the allegations set forth in the petition, the court may order that the respondent must: (1) participate in a designated education program; (2) participate in a designated counseling program; (3) participate in a designated treatment program; (4) undergo […]