REGISTERED NURSES

See also PRACTICAL NURSES; NURSES

Address changes, Minn. Rules 6310.3300

Advanced practice, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.171

Advanced practice registered nurses, see ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES

Initial licensure, Minn. Rules 6305.0410

Notification to Nursing Board, Minn. Rules 6310.3105

Reregistration, Minn. Rules 6310.3110

Adverse health care incidents, open discussion, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.685

Affidavits

Health professional education loan forgiveness program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1501

Temporary permits, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.212

Ambulance service personnel, see under AMBULANCE SERVICES

Generally, see Ambulance service personnel under AMBULANCE SERVICES

Nurses substituting for, interhospital or interfacility ambulance transfers, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.127

Assertive community treatment, medication administration, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0622

Assisted living facilities, assessments, Minn. Rules 4659.0140

Assisted living facilities, medication management, Minn. Statutes 2025 144G.71

Authority to prescribe, dispense, and administer, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.235

Blood tests, Minn. Statutes 2025 169A.51, 360.0753

Case management, medical assistance, developmentally disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.092

Case management service provider, mental illness, Minn. Statutes 2025 245.462

Case manager associates (CMAs)

Mental illness, Minn. Statutes 2025 245.462

Mentally ill children, Minn. Statutes 2025 245.4871

Case managers

Mentally ill children, see Case managers under MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN

Mentally ill persons, see Case managers under MENTAL ILLNESS, PERSONS WITH

Certificates and certification

Certification, defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.171

Disabled persons, disability, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.345

EMT instructors, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.283

Mental health professionals, qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2025 245I.04

Pregnant women, medical assistance, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.055

Registered nurse, certified (RN,C), defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.171

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.231

Chemical dependency assessments, required of nurses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261

Chemically dependent persons, see CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS

Child care centers, required staff, Minn. Rules 9503.0032, 9503.0033

Clinical medical education programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.692

Commitment, licenses, suspension, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262

Complaints, unauthorized practice, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.283

Continuing education, registration renewals, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.231

Continuing education requirements

Generally, Minn. Rules 6310.2800

Participation, substantiation, Minn. Rules 6310.3000

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 6310.2700

Contracts and agreements, health professional education loan forgiveness program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1501

Control of medications, hospices, Minn. Rules 4664.0425

Definitions

Adult day care centers, Minn. Rules 9555.9600

Civil commitment, Minn. Statutes 2025 253B.02

Emergency Medical Services Office, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001

General assistance programs, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 256P.01

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.61, 319B.02

Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2025 62A.15

Medical assistance, Minn. Rules 9505.0175

Mental Health Uniform Service Standards Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 245I.02

Nurse Practice Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.171

Professional firms, Minn. Statutes 2025 319B.02

Detoxification centers

Defined, Minn. Rules 9530.6510

Drugs and medicine, administration, Minn. Rules 9530.6555

Qualifications, Minn. Rules 9530.6565

Staffing requirements, Minn. Rules 9530.6560

Directories, Minn. Statutes 2025 214.071

Disciplinary action

Evidence, judgments or proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261

Forms of, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261

Judicial review, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.266

Disciplinary actions, Nursing Board, duties, Minn. Rules 6321.0500

Disclosure, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2025 595.02

Drugs and medicine, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.235

Duty to warn, extreme risk protection orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 624.7171

Education and training

Case managers, Minn. Statutes 2025 245.4871

Clinical medical education programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.692

EMT instructors, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.283

Trainees, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.692

EMT examiners, qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.286

Evaluation by, hospices, home health aides, Minn. Rules 4664.0260

Evidence

Blood tests, admissibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 360.0753

Disciplinary action, judgments or proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261

Privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2025 595.02

Extreme risk protection orders, liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 624.7178

Fines, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262, 169.345

Fraud or deceit

Disabled persons, certification of disability, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.345

Insurance fraud, see under FRAUD

Guardians and conservators, appointment, suspension of license, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.10

Health and accident insurance, services, policy provisions, Minn. Statutes 2025 62A.03, 62A.15

Health officers, civil commitment definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 253B.02

Health plan company representatives, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.48

Health professional education loan forgiveness program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1501

Hepatitis B virus (HBV), infection control, Minn. Rules 6950.1000 to 6950.1080

Home and community-based services waivers, payment rates

Component rates, Minn. Statutes 2025 256S.212

Persons with disabilities, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.49

Rate-setting factors, Minn. Statutes 2025 256S.213

Home care services, supervision, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144A.45

Hours of work, overtime, regulation, Minn. Statutes 2025 181.275

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), infection control, Minn. Rules 6950.1000 to 6950.1080

Human services merit system, compensation plan, Minn. Rules 9575.1500

Hypodermic needles, Minn. Statutes 2025 151.40

Identity and identification

Designations, use of, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.233

Name tags, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.6585

Information exchange, vaccination records, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.3351

Injunctions, practicing without license, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.283

Instruction by, special transportation services, Minn. Rules 8840.6200

Insurance fraud, see under FRAUD

Investigations, cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.265

Lawsuits, peacetime emergency injuries to decedent, statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 573.021

Liability

Blood tests, administering to pilots, Minn. Statutes 2025 360.0753

Breath and chemical testing, Minn. Statutes 2025 169A.51

Tuberculosis, good faith reporting, immunity, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.4804

Licenses

Barber registration, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2025 154.04

Burden of proof, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.211, 148.261

Conditions or limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261, 148.262

Denial, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.211, 148.261, 148.262

EMT instructors, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.283

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.211, 148.212, 148.231

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.211

Insurance fraud, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 214.106

Reinstated, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262

Reissued, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262

School nurses, Minn. Rules 8710.6100

Sex offender residential treatment programs, employees, Minn. Rules 2965.0090

Suspension or revocation, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261, 148.262

Temporary permits, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.212

Malpractice

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.682, 595.02

Medical malpractice insurance companies, reports, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.263, 148.264

Marriage and family therapy, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148B.38

Medical assistance

Home birth services, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Home care nursing services, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0654

Medical transportation services, need determination, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.04

Medication management, Minn. Statutes 2025 256S.20, 256S.212, 256S.215

Medical cannabis patient registry program, practitioner duties, Minn. Rules 4770.4014 to 4770.4018

Medical records, access, see Access to data under MEDICAL RECORDS

Medication education services, medical assistance, adult rehabilitative mental health services, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0623

Midwives, see NURSE MIDWIVES

Name changes, Minn. Rules 6310.3300

Nurse anesthetists, see NURSE ANESTHETISTS

Nurse midwives, see NURSE MIDWIVES

Nurse Practice Act, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.171 to 148.285

Nursing schools, see NURSING SCHOOLS

Nutrition education coordinators, WIC program, Minn. Rules 4617.0002 to 4617.0015

Overtime, hours of work, Minn. Statutes 2025 181.275

Permits, temporary permits, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.212

Physical or mental examinations, required of nurses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261

Positive support professionals, Minn. Statutes 2025 245D.091

Prescribed pediatric extended care (PPEC) centers, qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2025 144H.11

Prescription drug order communication, Minn. Rules 6800.6200

Prima facie evidence, disciplinary action, judgments or proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261

Private duty nursing services, see Nursing services under HOME CARE SERVICES

Professional corporations, see PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS

Professional firms, authority to organize, Minn. Statutes 2025 319B.40

Professional nursing, practice of, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.171

Professionals, registered nurses defined as, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.61, 319B.02

Psychiatric nurses, see PSYCHIATRIC NURSES

Public health nurse registration, see PUBLIC HEALTH

Reciprocity, licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.211

Records and record keeping

Maternal death studies, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.901

Vaccination records, information exchange, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.3351

Refresher courses, Minn. Rules 6310.3100, 6310.3800

Registration

EMT instructors, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.283

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 6310.2700

Renewal requirements, Minn. Rules 6310.2800

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.231

Reregistration, Minn. Rules 6310.3100, 6310.3110

Reporting obligations, certified midwives, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148G.15

Reports given

Immunity, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.264

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.263

Tuberculosis, reportable persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.4804

RN

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.171

Designations, use of, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.233

Schools and school districts, early childhood health and developmental screening, Minn. Rules 3530.3300

Services

Generally, see NURSING SERVICES

Home and community-based services waivers, payment rates, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.49

Signatures, disability parking certificates, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.345

Student grants, nursing programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1493

Student loans, health professional education loan forgiveness program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1501

Supervision by

Home health aides, Minn. Rules 4664.0260, 4664.0265

Hospices, Minn. Rules 4664.0085, 4664.0260, 4664.0265

Temporary permits, reregistration, Minn. Rules 6310.3100

Temporary practice, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.271

Testimony, child abuse and maltreatment, Minn. Statutes 2025 260E.04

Tests, paramedic skills, ambulance service personnel, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001

Titles, abbreviations, Minn. Rules 6305.0300

Trainees, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.692

Unauthorized practice, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.283

Verification by, disability parking certificates, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.345

Violations and penalties

Chemical dependency, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261, 148.262

Commitments, by order of court, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262

False representation, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.281

Fraud or deceit, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261, 148.281

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261

Injunctions, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.283

Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261, 148.281

Medical assistance violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262

Medicare violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.262

Mental incompetency, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261, 148.262

Misrepresentation, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.281

Nursing programs, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.281

Practicing without license, Minn. Statutes 2025 148.261, 148.283

Vital records, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.213

Waivers, health professional education loan forgiveness program, obligations, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.1501

Withdrawal management programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 245F.14

Workers' compensation coverage, Minn. Rules 5224.0240