Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 467-H.F.No. 2615 
           An act relating to health; providing for a temporary 
          license for freestanding 24-hour emergency medical 
          centers until permanent rules are adopted. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR FREESTANDING 24-HOUR 
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE CENTERS.] 
    Until permanent rules are adopted for licensing 
freestanding 24-hour emergency medical care centers, as 
described in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.50, subdivision 2, 
the commissioner of health shall issue a temporary license to 
any medical clinic or professional association that was in 
operation as a freestanding 24-hour emergency medical care 
center on February 1, 1988, upon receiving the following 
information: 
    (1) the name and address of the center; 
    (2) the date the center began operation as a freestanding 
24-hour emergency medical care center; 
    (3) the name, title, and telephone number of the person 
responsible for the general management of the center; 
    (4) the name and professional license number of each health 
care provider who provides services to patients of the center; 
    (5) the name, title, and telephone number of the medical 
director of the center or other health care professional 
designated by the center to receive complaints and respond to 
questions about the care provided by the center; and 
    (6) a copy of the written protocol of the center that 
provides for a standardized system of medical care delivery for 
specific situations. 
    The temporary license is effective until 60 days after the 
date the permanent rule is adopted.  The center shall inform the 
commissioner of any changes in the information required to be 
provided to the commissioner under this section. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved April 6, 1988