2004 Minnesota Statutes

     246.13 Record of patients and residents in 
  state-operated services. 

    The commissioner of human services' office shall have, 
 accessible only by consent of the commissioner or on the order 
 of a judge or court of record, a record showing the residence, 
 sex, age, nativity, occupation, civil condition, and date of 
 entrance or commitment of every person, in the state-operated 
 services facilities as defined under section 246.014 under 
 exclusive control of the commissioner; the date of discharge and 
 whether such discharge was final; the condition of the person 
 when the person left the state-operated services facility; and 
 the date and cause of all deaths.  The record shall state every 
 transfer from one state-operated services facility to another, 
 naming each state-operated services facility.  This information 
 shall be furnished to the commissioner of human services by each 
 public agency, along with other obtainable facts as the 
 commissioner may require.  When a patient or resident in a 
 state-operated services facility is discharged, transferred, or 
 dies, the head of the state-operated services facility or 
 designee shall inform the commissioner of human services of 
 these events within ten days on forms furnished by the 
 commissioner.  

    HIST: (4437) RL s 1889; 1957 c 319 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 13 subd 
 1; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 10; 1986 c 
 444; 1994 c 631 s 31; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 26