2001 Minnesota Statutes

     253.10 Death or illness; notice given next of kin. 

    The chief executive officer of any state hospital shall 
 give to the next of kin of any resident thereof immediate notice 
 of the resident's death, serious illness, or special change in 
 condition and promptly and fully answer all letters of inquiry 
 from relatives.  Immediately after the death of a patient or 
 resident therein, the chief executive officer shall furnish for 
 registration, to the proper clerk or health officer, and to the 
 judge exercising probate jurisdiction for the county from which 
 the resident was committed, a certificate setting forth the name 
 of the patient or resident, age, the duration of last sickness, 
 and the cause and date of death.  The expenses of all coroners' 
 inquests upon persons dying in such hospital shall be paid from 
 the appropriation for its current expenses.  

    HIST: (4518) RL s 1917; 1965 c 45 s 28; 1985 c 21 s 42; 1986 c 
 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1