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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.
History: 1973 c 428 s 4; 1986 c 444
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.
History: 1973 c 428 s 4; 1986 c 444
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