214.001 POLICY AND REGULATION. Subdivision 1. Policy. The legislature finds that the interests of the people of the state are served by the regulation of certain occupations. The legislature further finds: (1) that it is desirable for boards composed primarily of members of the occupations so regulated to be charged with formulating the policies and […]
214.002 EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF REGULATION. Subdivision 1. Written report. Within 15 days of the introduction of a bill proposing new or expanded regulation of an occupation, the proponents of the new or expanded regulation shall submit a written report to the chair of the standing committee in each house of the legislature to which […]
214.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The words defined in this section for purposes of this chapter have the meanings given them unless the context clearly requires otherwise. Subd. 1a. Council of Health Boards. “Council of Health Boards” means a collaborative body established by the health-related licensing boards. Subd. 2. Health-related licensing board. “Health-related licensing board” […]
214.02 PUBLIC MEMBER, DEFINED. “Public member” means a person who is not, or never was, a member of the profession or occupation being licensed or regulated or the spouse of any such person, or a person who does not have or has never had, a material financial interest in either the providing of the professional […]
214.025 COUNCIL OF HEALTH BOARDS. The health-related licensing boards may establish a Council of Health Boards consisting of representatives of the health-related licensing boards and the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board. When reviewing legislation or legislative proposals relating to the regulation of health occupations, the council shall include the commissioner of health or a designee. […]
214.03 STANDARDIZED TESTS. Subdivision 1. Standardized tests used. All state examining and licensing boards, other than the State Board of Law Examiners, the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board, or any other board established by the supreme court to regulate the practice of law and judicial functions, shall use national standardized tests for the objective, nonpractical portion […]
214.035 LICENSING DISQUALIFICATIONS; PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS; REPORTS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) “Conviction” has the meaning given in section 609.02, subdivision 5. (c) “Criminal record” means a record of an arrest, prosecution, criminal proceeding, or conviction. (d) “State licensor” or “licensor” means a state […]
214.04 SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Services provided. The commissioner of public safety with respect to the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services; the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training; and the commissioner of revenue with respect to the Board of Assessors, shall provide suitable offices and other space, joint conference and hearing facilities, […]
214.045 COORDINATION WITH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND STANDARDS BOARD. The commissioner of health and the health-related licensing boards must coordinate with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board when modifying licensure requirements for regulated persons in order to have consistent regulatory requirements for personnel who perform services in schools. History: 1999 c 245 art 4 […]
214.055 FEES TO RECOVER EXPENDITURES. A health-related licensing board that is created on or after September 1, 1995, must establish a fee structure which fully recovers its expenditures during a five-year period. History: 1995 c 207 art 9 s 49
214.06 FEES; LICENSE RENEWALS. Subdivision 1. Fees to recover expenditures. The commissioner of health as authorized by section 214.13 and all health-related licensing boards and non-health-related licensing boards shall propose or adjust any fee according to section 16A.1283. As provided in section 16A.1285, the fees shall be an amount sufficient so that the total fees […]
214.07 REPORTS. Subdivision 1. Non-health-related board reports. The non-health-related licensing boards shall prepare reports according to this subdivision by October 1 of each even-numbered year. Copies of the reports shall be delivered to the governor. The reports shall contain the following information relating to the two-year period ending the previous June 30: (a) a general […]
214.071 HEALTH BOARDS; DIRECTORY OF LICENSEES. By July 1, 2009, each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, shall establish a directory of licensees that includes biographical data for each licensee. History: 2005 c 147 art 11 s 4; 2006 c 267 art 1 s 7
214.072 HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARDS; WEBSITE. (a) Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, and the commissioner of health, as the regulator for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, are required to post on its public website the name and business address of each regulated individual who has: (1) a conviction […]
214.073 HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARDS; AUTHORITY. Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, and the commissioner of health, as the regulator for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, shall require an applicant on or after August 1, 2012, to provide the individual’s primary business address at the time of initial application […]
214.075 HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARDS; CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. Subdivision 1. Applications. (a) Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, shall require the following individuals to submit to a criminal history records check of state data completed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and a national criminal history records check, including a […]
214.077 TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION; IMMINENT RISK OF SERIOUS HARM. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of a health-related professional practice act, when a health-related licensing board receives a complaint regarding a regulated person and has probable cause to believe that the regulated person has violated a statute or rule that the health-related licensing board is empowered to […]
214.08 FISCAL YEAR. All health-related boards and all non-health-related boards shall adopt the fiscal year system employed by the state. History: 1975 c 136 s 50
214.09 MEMBERSHIP; COMPENSATION; REMOVAL; VACANCIES. Subdivision 1. General. The following standard provisions shall apply to the health-related and non-health-related licensing boards and to agencies created after July 1, 1975 in the executive branch, other than departments, whose primary functions include licensing, registration or certification of persons in specified professions or occupations. Subd. 2. Membership terms. […]
214.10 COMPLAINT, INVESTIGATION, AND HEARING. Subdivision 1. Receipt of complaint; notice. The executive director or executive secretary of a board, a board member or any other person who performs services for the board who receives a complaint or other communication, whether oral or written, which complaint or communication alleges or implies a violation of a […]
