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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to occupational safety and health; requiring safe patient handling plans <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>in clinical settings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 182.6551; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>182.6552, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Statutes, chapter 182.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 182.6551, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>182.6551 CITATION; SAFE PATIENT HANDLING ACT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 
         <statute_ref>182.6551</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>182.6553</statute_ref> 182.6554 may be cited as the "Safe Patient Handling <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Act."<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 182.6552, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Clinical settings that move patients.</b> "Clinical settings that move <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>patients" means physician, dental, and other outpatient care facilities, except for outpatient <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>surgical settings, where service requires movement of patients from point to point as part <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>of the scope of service.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>[182.6554] SAFE PATIENT HANDLING IN CLINICAL SETTINGS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Safe patient handling plan required.</b> (a) By July 1, 2010, every <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>clinical setting that moves patients in the state shall develop a written safe patient handling <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>plan to achieve by January 1, 2012, the goal of ensuring the safe handling of patients by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>minimizing manual lifting of patients by direct patient care workers and by utilizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>safe patient handling equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The plan shall address:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) assessment of risks with regard to patient handling that considers the patient <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>population and environment of care;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the acquisition of an adequate supply of appropriate safe patient handling <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) initial and ongoing training of direct patient care workers on the use of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) procedures to ensure that physical plant modifications and major construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>projects are consistent with plan goals; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) periodic evaluations of the safe patient handling plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(c) A health care organization with more than one covered clinical setting that <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>moves patients may establish a plan at each clinical setting or establish one plan to serve <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>this function for all the clinical settings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Facilities with existing programs.</b> A clinical setting that moves patients <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>that has already adopted a safe patient handling plan that satisfies the requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>subdivision 1, or a clinical setting that moves patients that is covered by a safe patient <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>handling plan that is covered under and consistent with section 182.6553, is considered <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>to be in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Training materials.</b> The commissioner shall make training materials on <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>implementation of this section available at no cost to all clinical settings that move patients <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>as part of the training and education duties of the commissioner under section 182.673.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Enforcement.</b> This section shall be enforced by the commissioner under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>section 182.661. The initial serious violation of this section is subject to a citation under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>section 182.66 without a penalty. A subsequent violation of this section is subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>penalties provided under section 182.666.<br />
         		
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