Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 425-S.F.No. 1891
           An act relating to public employees; providing 
          standards for certain disciplinary actions; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 43A.33, by adding a 
          subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 43A.33, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  [ABUSE.] In an arbitration or hearing proceeding 
involving discipline of an employee for allegedly abusing a 
resident of a state hospital or a state nursing home, "abuse" 
includes but is not limited to:  
    (1) Conduct which constitutes abuse under policies or 
procedures adopted by state hospitals or state nursing homes; or 
    (2) Any act which constitutes a violation under sections 
609.221 to 609.235, 609.322, 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, or 
609.345; or 
    (3) The intentional and nontherapeutic infliction of 
physical pain or injury, or any persistent course of conduct 
intended to produce mental or emotional distress.  
    Approved April 23, 1984