2006 Minnesota Statutes

145.93 MINNESOTA POISON INFORMATION CENTERS; ESTABLISHMENT.
    Subdivision 1. Purpose. The legislature finds that the needs of citizens of the state for
information relating to the prompt identification and appropriate home management or referral of
cases of human poisoning are best served by establishment of a single integrated poison control
system, consisting of one or more regional poison information centers organized to provide
statewide information and education services to the public and to health professionals.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1993 c 337 s 20]
    Subd. 3. Grant award; designation; payments under grant. Each odd-numbered year the
commissioner shall solicit applications for the poison information centers by giving reasonable
public notice of the availability of money appropriated or otherwise available. The commissioner
shall select from among the entities, whether profit or nonprofit, or units of government the
applicants that best fulfill the criteria specified in subdivision 4. The grant shall be paid to the
grantees quarterly beginning on July 1.
    Subd. 4. Selection criteria. In selecting grantees under this section, the commissioner of
health shall determine that the following criteria are met:
(a) whether the applicant can demonstrate the ability to provide appropriate and adequate
telephone poison information services to the general public and to health professionals 24 hours
a day at no direct cost to users and in a manner that appropriately utilizes "911" emergency
telephone services developed pursuant to chapter 403;
(b) whether the applicant can demonstrate the ability to provide adequate medical direction
as well as the toxicological and related professional and technical resources needed for poison
information services;
(c) whether the applicant can demonstrate the ability to provide appropriate public education
and professional education services;
(d) whether the applicant can demonstrate the ability to provide poison information services
in a financially sound and cost-effective manner; and
(e) whether the applicant can demonstrate the ability to cooperate with interested health
professionals throughout the state to provide poison information in a coordinated fashion.
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1985 c 223 s 5]
    Subd. 6. Reports; monitoring; termination. The grantees selected shall report quarterly to
the commissioner of health, on a form provided by the commissioner, information about fiscal
performance and status. Grantees shall also report annually information about programmatic
status and performance. All relevant records and the performance of the grantee shall be
monitored by the commissioner for purposes of assuring that the grantee continues to fulfill the
criteria specified in subdivision 4. Should the commissioner at any time find that a grantee is not
continuing to fulfill the criteria specified in subdivision 4, the commissioner may terminate the
grant upon 30 days' notice.
History: 1980 c 577 s 1; 1983 c 260 s 32,33; 1985 c 223 s 1-4; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1999
c 159 s 27