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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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CHAPTER 146. HEALING ARTS, REGISTRATION
| Section | Headnote |
|---|---|
| 146.01 | DEFINITION; PRACTICING HEALING AND PRACTICE OF HEALING. |
| 146.02 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.03 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.04 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.05 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.06 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.07 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.08 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.09 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.10 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.11 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.12 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.13 | REGISTRATION FEES. |
| 146.14 | Repealed, 1996 c 451 art 4 s 71 |
| 146.15 | DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SYSTEMS OF HEALING. |
| 146.16 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6; 1976 c 2 s 167 |
| 146.17 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.18 | PRACTICING WITHOUT REGISTERING OR DISPLAYING CERTIFICATE. |
| 146.19 | OTHER OFFENSES; PENALTY. |
| 146.20 | Repealed, 1996 c 451 art 4 s 71 |
| 146.21 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.22 | Repealed, 1974 c 224 s 6 |
| 146.23 | MANUAL OR MECHANICAL THERAPY. |
146.01 DEFINITION; PRACTICING HEALING AND PRACTICE OF HEALING.
The term "practicing healing" or "practice of healing" shall mean and include any person
who shall in any manner for any fee, gift, compensation, or reward, or in expectation thereof,
engage in, or hold out to the public as being engaged in, the practice of medicine or surgery,
the practice of osteopathy, the practice of chiropractic, the practice of any legalized method of
healing, or the diagnosis, analysis, treatment, correction, or cure of any disease, injury, defect,
deformity, infirmity, ailment, or affliction of human beings, or any condition or conditions
incident to pregnancy or childbirth, or examination into the fact, condition, or cause of human
health or disease, or who shall, for any fee, gift, compensation, or reward, or in expectation
thereof, suggest, recommend, or prescribe any medicine or any form of treatment, correction, or
cure thereof; also any person, or persons, individually or collectively, who maintains an office for
the reception, examination, diagnosis, or treatment of any person for any disease, injury, defect,
deformity, or infirmity of body or mind, or who attaches the title of doctor, physician, surgeon,
specialist, M.D., M.B., D.O., D.C., or any other word, abbreviation, or title to the person's name
indicating, or designed to indicate, that the person is engaged in the practice of healing.
History: (5705-1) 1927 c 149 s 1; 1971 c 410 s 1; 1974 c 224 s 2; 1986 c 444
The term "practicing healing" or "practice of healing" shall mean and include any person
who shall in any manner for any fee, gift, compensation, or reward, or in expectation thereof,
engage in, or hold out to the public as being engaged in, the practice of medicine or surgery,
the practice of osteopathy, the practice of chiropractic, the practice of any legalized method of
healing, or the diagnosis, analysis, treatment, correction, or cure of any disease, injury, defect,
deformity, infirmity, ailment, or affliction of human beings, or any condition or conditions
incident to pregnancy or childbirth, or examination into the fact, condition, or cause of human
health or disease, or who shall, for any fee, gift, compensation, or reward, or in expectation
thereof, suggest, recommend, or prescribe any medicine or any form of treatment, correction, or
cure thereof; also any person, or persons, individually or collectively, who maintains an office for
the reception, examination, diagnosis, or treatment of any person for any disease, injury, defect,
deformity, or infirmity of body or mind, or who attaches the title of doctor, physician, surgeon,
specialist, M.D., M.B., D.O., D.C., or any other word, abbreviation, or title to the person's name
indicating, or designed to indicate, that the person is engaged in the practice of healing.
History: (5705-1) 1927 c 149 s 1; 1971 c 410 s 1; 1974 c 224 s 2; 1986 c 444
146.13 REGISTRATION FEES.
Every person not hereinafter excepted from the provisions of this chapter authorized to
practice healing in this state shall annually register with the director of the particular board of
examiners which examined and registered or licensed the person to practice that branch or system
of healing pursued; and shall, at that time, for the purpose of making such registration, sign and
send to such director in writing the following: name, the name of the place, and the address, at
which the practice of healing is engaged in, and pay to the director each year a fee in an amount to
be fixed by rule of the respective board of examiners. Any person who shall change the address or
place of practice during the year shall forthwith notify such director in writing of such change,
giving such new address or place. The director of each board of examiners shall keep a proper
register of all such persons and to each person so registering the proper board shall issue a
certificate for the current year, signed by the president and the director and sealed with the seal of
such board, setting forth name, the name of the place and the address at which the practice of
healing is engaged in, and the branch or system of healing pursued. Any person not hereinafter
excepted from the provisions of this chapter lawfully entitled to engage in the practice of healing
in this state, and who shall not be currently registered as provided in this section, shall, within 30
days after first so engaging in the practice of healing, register with the proper examining board in
the manner provided in this chapter, pay to the director of such board the fee above required, and
received from such board a certificate as above prescribed for the balance of such year. Every
person receiving a certificate, as herein provided, shall display the same in a conspicuous place in
the office or other corresponding place where the practice of healing is pursued.
All fees received by the director of any examining board for registration required by this
section shall be paid to the general fund. The expenses of keeping proper registers, furnishing the
certificates herein provided for, employing inspectors for procuring evidence of any violation of
the laws administered thereby and aiding in the enforcement of such laws, and for such other
expenses as may be necessarily paid or incurred in the exercise of its powers or performance of its
duties, shall be paid from the appropriation made to the examining board.
History: (5705-13) 1927 c 149 s 13; 1955 c 365 s 1; 1959 c 345 s 1; 1967 c 111 s 1; 1975 c
233 s 1; 1985 c 247 s 25; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 38
Every person not hereinafter excepted from the provisions of this chapter authorized to
practice healing in this state shall annually register with the director of the particular board of
examiners which examined and registered or licensed the person to practice that branch or system
of healing pursued; and shall, at that time, for the purpose of making such registration, sign and
send to such director in writing the following: name, the name of the place, and the address, at
which the practice of healing is engaged in, and pay to the director each year a fee in an amount to
be fixed by rule of the respective board of examiners. Any person who shall change the address or
place of practice during the year shall forthwith notify such director in writing of such change,
giving such new address or place. The director of each board of examiners shall keep a proper
register of all such persons and to each person so registering the proper board shall issue a
certificate for the current year, signed by the president and the director and sealed with the seal of
such board, setting forth name, the name of the place and the address at which the practice of
healing is engaged in, and the branch or system of healing pursued. Any person not hereinafter
excepted from the provisions of this chapter lawfully entitled to engage in the practice of healing
in this state, and who shall not be currently registered as provided in this section, shall, within 30
days after first so engaging in the practice of healing, register with the proper examining board in
the manner provided in this chapter, pay to the director of such board the fee above required, and
received from such board a certificate as above prescribed for the balance of such year. Every
person receiving a certificate, as herein provided, shall display the same in a conspicuous place in
the office or other corresponding place where the practice of healing is pursued.
All fees received by the director of any examining board for registration required by this
section shall be paid to the general fund. The expenses of keeping proper registers, furnishing the
certificates herein provided for, employing inspectors for procuring evidence of any violation of
the laws administered thereby and aiding in the enforcement of such laws, and for such other
expenses as may be necessarily paid or incurred in the exercise of its powers or performance of its
duties, shall be paid from the appropriation made to the examining board.
History: (5705-13) 1927 c 149 s 13; 1955 c 365 s 1; 1959 c 345 s 1; 1967 c 111 s 1; 1975 c
233 s 1; 1985 c 247 s 25; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 38
146.15 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SYSTEMS OF HEALING.
The several boards or other officers whose duty it shall be to administer or carry into effect
the provisions of this chapter shall, while exercising such authority, in no manner discriminate
against any system or branch of healing.
History: (5705-15) 1927 c 149 s 15; 1974 c 224 s 3
The several boards or other officers whose duty it shall be to administer or carry into effect
the provisions of this chapter shall, while exercising such authority, in no manner discriminate
against any system or branch of healing.
History: (5705-15) 1927 c 149 s 15; 1974 c 224 s 3
146.18 PRACTICING WITHOUT REGISTERING OR DISPLAYING CERTIFICATE.
Any person who shall practice healing or attempt to practice healing in this state without
having registered with the examining board in the system or branch of healing pursued, as herein
provided, or without displaying a certificate of annual registration with the proper board of
examiners, as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: (5705-18) 1927 c 149 s 18; 1974 c 224 s 4; 1986 c 444
Any person who shall practice healing or attempt to practice healing in this state without
having registered with the examining board in the system or branch of healing pursued, as herein
provided, or without displaying a certificate of annual registration with the proper board of
examiners, as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: (5705-18) 1927 c 149 s 18; 1974 c 224 s 4; 1986 c 444
146.19 OTHER OFFENSES; PENALTY.
Any person implicated in employing fraud or deception in registering annually under this
chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
History: (5705-19) 1927 c 149 s 19; 1955 c 868 s 1; 1971 c 410 s 7; 1974 c 224 s 5
Any person implicated in employing fraud or deception in registering annually under this
chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
History: (5705-19) 1927 c 149 s 19; 1955 c 868 s 1; 1971 c 410 s 7; 1974 c 224 s 5
146.23 MANUAL OR MECHANICAL THERAPY.
Subdivision 1. Therapy. "Manual therapy" or "mechanical therapy" as used in this section
means manipulation or adjusting joint articulation without anesthesia.
Subd. 2. Training requirement. A person regulated under this chapter who is not otherwise
authorized to provide manual therapy or mechanical therapy, intending to directly treat or
normalize abnormal or dysfunctional articulations of the human body must be certified by the
state board which regulates the person's practice as successfully completing training in manual
or mechanical therapy at a level of not less than: (1) 555 hours of training to include lecture
and supervised laboratory training; (2) 315 hours in the area of radiographic interpretation; and
(3) 1,155 hours of supervised work in an outpatient setting. The training must be provided
by an institution which is fully accredited in the area of chiropractic, medicine, osteopathy,
or physical therapy.
Subd. 3. Diagnosis required before therapy. Before manual therapy or mechanical therapy
is provided, a person licensed by a particular board of examiners to diagnose another person for
any disease, injury, defect, deformity, or infirmity of the body must determine that the person to
receive therapy does not have a condition that would contraindicate the therapy. If the person
making the diagnosis is not also performing the therapy, that person must give a written diagnosis
report prior to the initiation of therapy to the person performing the therapy and is responsible
for ensuring that the person performing the therapy has complied with the training requirements
under subdivision 2.
Subd. 4. Rules. Any board that regulates persons affected by this section may adopt rules for
the purposes of this section.
Subd. 5. Penalty. A person who violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by
the board that regulates the person's practice.
Subd. 6. Scope of practice. Nothing in this section expands or limits the scope of practice of
licensed physical therapists or occupational therapists certified by the American Occupational
Therapy Certification Board.
Subd. 7. Exemption. The provisions of subdivision 2 do not apply to physicians and doctors
of osteopathy licensed under chapter 147.
History: 1993 c 293 s 1; 2000 c 260 s 23
Subdivision 1. Therapy. "Manual therapy" or "mechanical therapy" as used in this section
means manipulation or adjusting joint articulation without anesthesia.
Subd. 2. Training requirement. A person regulated under this chapter who is not otherwise
authorized to provide manual therapy or mechanical therapy, intending to directly treat or
normalize abnormal or dysfunctional articulations of the human body must be certified by the
state board which regulates the person's practice as successfully completing training in manual
or mechanical therapy at a level of not less than: (1) 555 hours of training to include lecture
and supervised laboratory training; (2) 315 hours in the area of radiographic interpretation; and
(3) 1,155 hours of supervised work in an outpatient setting. The training must be provided
by an institution which is fully accredited in the area of chiropractic, medicine, osteopathy,
or physical therapy.
Subd. 3. Diagnosis required before therapy. Before manual therapy or mechanical therapy
is provided, a person licensed by a particular board of examiners to diagnose another person for
any disease, injury, defect, deformity, or infirmity of the body must determine that the person to
receive therapy does not have a condition that would contraindicate the therapy. If the person
making the diagnosis is not also performing the therapy, that person must give a written diagnosis
report prior to the initiation of therapy to the person performing the therapy and is responsible
for ensuring that the person performing the therapy has complied with the training requirements
under subdivision 2.
Subd. 4. Rules. Any board that regulates persons affected by this section may adopt rules for
the purposes of this section.
Subd. 5. Penalty. A person who violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by
the board that regulates the person's practice.
Subd. 6. Scope of practice. Nothing in this section expands or limits the scope of practice of
licensed physical therapists or occupational therapists certified by the American Occupational
Therapy Certification Board.
Subd. 7. Exemption. The provisions of subdivision 2 do not apply to physicians and doctors
of osteopathy licensed under chapter 147.
History: 1993 c 293 s 1; 2000 c 260 s 23
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