Minnesota Administrative Rules

CHAPTER 2791, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

2791.0100 AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE.

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 62F.04, the Joint Underwriting Association is hereby authorized to issue medical malpractice insurance on a primary basis to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers who are unable to obtain medical malpractice insurance coverage in the voluntary market. Those classes of physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers who are unable to obtain medical malpractice insurance and whom the Joint Underwriting Association is authorized to issue medical malpractice insurance are:

A.

physicians;

B.

certified nurse midwives;

C.

licensed psychologists and licensed consulting psychologists;

D.

licensed chemical dependency treatment organizations and licensed halfway houses;

E.

hospitals;

F.

nursing homes;

G.

perfusionists; and

H.

registered nurses.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 45.023; c 62F

History:

10 SR 921; 10 SR 2346; 12 SR 749

Published Electronically:

September 14, 2007