<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing certain federal agencies concerning Minnesota-licensed health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>professionals and their involvement in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>treatment or punishment of prisoners.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>WHEREAS, "torture" is defined by the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) as "any act by which severe pain or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions"; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>WHEREAS, "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" is defined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>United Nations' Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>or Imprisonment as extending "the widest possible protection against abuses, whether physical or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>mental, including the holding of a detained or imprisoned person in conditions which deprive <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>him, temporarily or permanently, of the use of any of this natural senses, such as sight or hearing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>or of this awareness of place and the passing of time"; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>WHEREAS, health-related licensing boards include the Office of Unlicensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>section 146A.02, the Board of Medical Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>section 147.01, the Board of Nursing established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.181, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>the Board of Optometry established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.52, the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>of Physical Therapy established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.67, the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Psychology established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.90, the Office of Mental <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>Health Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.61, the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Behavioral Health and Therapy established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.51, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>148.622, the Board of Dentistry established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.02, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Board of Pharmacy established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 151.02, and the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>Podiatric Medicine established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 153.02; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>WHEREAS, health professionals licensed in Minnesota, including, but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>physicians, osteopaths, naturopaths, psychologists, psychiatric workers, and nurses, have served <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>and continue to serve nobly and honorably in the armed services of the United States; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>WHEREAS, the legislature is mindful that Minnesota health-related licensing boards <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>are vested with the authority to revoke and suspend the licenses of Minnesota health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>professionals; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>WHEREAS, Minnesota requires these health-related licensing boards to take disciplinary <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>action. The grounds for disciplinary action for causing harm to the public are listed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>following nonexhaustive list of sections of Minnesota Statutes: Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>148.10, subdivision 1, paragraph (e) (chiropractors); Minnesota Statutes, section 148.261, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>subdivision 1, clause (6) (nurses); Minnesota Statutes, section 147.091, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>paragraph (g) (medical doctors); Minnesota Statutes, section 148.941, subdivision 2, clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(3) (psychologists); Minnesota Statutes, section 147A.13, subdivision 1, clause (7) (physician <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>assistants); Minnesota Statutes, section 148.5195, subdivision 3, clause (11) (audiologists/speech <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>pathologists); Minnesota Statutes, section 148.57 (optometrists); Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>147C.30 and 147.091, subdivision 1, paragraph (g) (respiratory therapists); Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>section 146A.08, subdivision 1, paragraph (f) (unlicensed contemporary and alternative healthcare <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>professionals); Minnesota Statutes, section 148.75, paragraph (a), clause (6) (physical therapists); <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.59, paragraph (a), clause (3) (behavioral health and therapy <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>professionals); Minnesota Statutes, section 148.629, subdivision 1, clause (1) (dietitians and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>nutritionists); Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.08, subdivision 1, clause (6) (dentists); and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 153.19, subdivision 1, clause (7) (podiatrists); and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>WHEREAS, the legislature is mindful that despite limits on Minnesota's jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>relating to health professionals' conduct while working for federal agencies and departments <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>outside of the state, those same agencies require a state license as a condition of practice and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>therefore implicitly expect ongoing state review of the credentials and professionalism of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>health care professionals; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>WHEREAS, the United States is a party to the United Nations Convention against Torture <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Common Article III of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>Geneva Conventions and has enacted federal laws in support of these conventions such as United <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>States Code, title 18, sections 2340 and 2441; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>WHEREAS, the United States has supported the Universal Declaration of Human Rights <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>and the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>condemn torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>WHEREAS, the World Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>Nurses Association have all endorsed standards of professional conduct asserting that health <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>professionals may not countenance the torture or inhuman treatment or punishment of prisoners; <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota finds that abetting torture or cruel, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners violates the ethical and legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>obligations of licensed health care professionals; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that Minnesota-licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>health professionals may not countenance, condone, or participate in the practice of torture or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, shall not provide any <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>premises, instruments, substances, or knowledge to facilitate the practice of torture or other forms <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, or shall not be present or standing <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>by during any procedure during which torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>treatment or punishment are used or threatened.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature hereby requests all relevant Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>agencies under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214, to notify Minnesota-licensed health professionals <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>via newsletter, e-mail, Web site, or existing notification processes about their professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>obligations under international law, specifically Common Article III of the Geneva Conventions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>and the amended War Crimes Act, which prohibit the torture of, and the cruel, inhuman, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>degrading treatment or punishment of, detainees in United States custody.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature hereby requests all relevant Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>health-related licensing boards to notify health professionals licensed in Minnesota that those who <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>participate in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment may be in violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>of professional standards, United States law, and international law. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the United States Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, and all relevant Minnesota agencies under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>Statutes, chapter 214, including the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.19, the Office of Unlicensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>section 146A.02, the Board of Medical Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>section 147.01, the Board of Nursing established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.181, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>the Board of Optometry established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.52, the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>of Physical Therapy established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.67, the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>Psychology established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.90, the Board of Social Work <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148D.025, the Board of Marriage and Family <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>Therapy established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.30, the Office of Mental Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.61, the Board of Behavioral <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>Health and Therapy established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.51, the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>Dietetics and Nutrition Practice established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 148.622, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>Board of Dentistry established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.02, the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>Pharmacy established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 151.02, and the Board of Podiatric <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>Medicine established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 153.02.<br />
         		
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