2007 Minnesota Statutes

176.571 INVESTIGATIONS OF INJURIES TO STATE EMPLOYEES.
    Subdivision 1. Preliminary investigation. When the head of a department has filed a
report or the commissioner of employee relations has otherwise received information of the
occurrence of an injury to a state employee for which liability to pay compensation may exist,
the commissioner of employee relations shall make a preliminary investigation to determine
the question of probable liability.
In making this investigation, the commissioner of employee relations may require the
assistance of the head of any department or any employee of the state. The commissioner of
employee relations may require that all facts be furnished which appear in the records of any
state department bearing on the issue.
    Subd. 2. Determination by department. When the commissioner of the Department of
Employee Relations has completed an investigation, the commissioner shall inform the claimant,
the head of the employing department, and the commissioner of finance in writing of the action
taken.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1987 c 332 s 117]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1987 c 332 s 117]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1987 c 332 s 117]
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1987 c 332 s 117]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1987 c 332 s 117]
History: 1953 c 755 s 74; 1973 c 388 s 135-141; 1983 c 290 s 161; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1986 c
444; 1987 c 332 s 104,105