2005 Minnesota Statutes

     145.854 Duty of medical practitioners.  

    Subdivision 1.    Search.  A medical practitioner, in 
 discharging a duty to a disabled person whom the practitioner 
 has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable 
 search for an identifying device or identification card of the 
 type described in section 145.852, subdivision 2 and examine 
 them for emergency information.  

    Subd. 2.    Actions.  A cause of action against a 
 medical practitioner does not arise from the practitioner's 
 making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an 
 identifying device or identification card, even though the 
 person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an 
 identification card.  

    HIST: 1973 c 428 s 4; 1986 c 444