as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 02/07/2005 |
A bill for an act
relating to health; providing for education of
parents, primary caregivers, and child care providers
on the dangers associated with shaking infants and
young children; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 245A.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(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.
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(b) A hospital shall use a video obtained from the
commissioner or approved by the commissioner. The commissioner
shall provide to a hospital at cost copies of an approved
video. The commissioner shall review other video presentations
for possible approval upon the request of a hospital.
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The
commissioner shall establish a protocol for health care
providers to educate parents and primary caregivers about the
dangers associated with shaking infants and young children. The
commissioner shall request family practice physicians,
pediatricians, and other pediatric health care providers to
review these dangers with the parents and primary caregivers of
infants and young children up to the age of three at each
well-baby visit.
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The commissioner shall make available for viewing by all
licensed and legal nonlicensed child care providers a video
presentation on the dangers associated with shaking infants and
young children. The video presentation shall be part of the
initial and ongoing training of licensed and legal nonlicensed
child care providers. The commissioner shall provide to child
care providers at cost copies of a video approved by the
commissioner of health under section 144.574 on the dangers
associated with shaking infants and young children.
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