2006 Minnesota Statutes

147A.14 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Permission to report. A person who has knowledge of any conduct
constituting grounds for discipline under this chapter may report the violation to the board.
    Subd. 2. Institutions. Any hospital, clinic, prepaid medical plan, or other health care
institution or organization located in this state shall report to the board any action taken by the
institution or organization, any of its administrators, or its medical or other committees to revoke,
suspend, restrict, or condition a physician assistant's privilege to practice or treat patients in the
institution or as part of the organization, any denial of privileges, or any other disciplinary action.
The institution or organization shall also report the resignation of any physician assistants prior to
the conclusion of any disciplinary proceeding, or prior to the commencement of formal charges
but after the physician assistant had knowledge that formal charges were contemplated or in
preparation. Each report made under this subdivision must state the nature of the action taken,
state in detail the reasons for the action, and identify the specific patient medical records upon
which the action was based. No report shall be required of a physician assistant voluntarily
limiting the practice of the physician assistant at a hospital provided that the physician assistant
notifies all hospitals at which the physician assistant has privileges of the voluntary limitation
and the reasons for it.
    Subd. 3. Physician assistant organizations. A state or local physician assistant organization
shall report to the board any termination, revocation, or suspension of membership or any other
disciplinary action taken against a physician assistant. If the society has received a complaint
which might be grounds for discipline under this chapter against a member physician assistant
on which it has not taken any disciplinary action, the society shall report the complaint and the
reason why it has not taken action on it or shall direct the complainant to the Board of Medical
Practice. This subdivision does not apply to a physician assistant organization when it performs
peer review functions as an agent of an outside entity, organization, or system.
    Subd. 4. Licensed professionals. Licensed health professionals and persons holding
residency permits under section 147.0391, shall report to the board personal knowledge of
any conduct which the person reasonably believes constitutes grounds for disciplinary action
under this chapter by a physician assistant, including any conduct indicating that the person
may be incompetent, or may have engaged in unprofessional conduct or may be medically or
physically unable to engage safely in practice as a physician assistant. No report shall be required
if the information was obtained in the course of a physician-patient relationship if the patient is
a physician assistant, and the treating physician successfully counsels the person to limit or
withdraw from practice to the extent required by the impairment.
    Subd. 5. Insurers. Four times each year as prescribed by the board, each insurer authorized to
sell insurance described in section 60A.06, subdivision 1, clause (13), and providing professional
liability insurance to physician assistants, and any medical clinic, hospital, political subdivision,
or other entity that self-insures and provides professional liability coverage to physician assistants,
shall submit to the board a report concerning the physician assistants against whom professional
malpractice settlements or awards have been made to the plaintiff.
Any medical clinic, hospital, political subdivision, or other entity which provides liability
coverage on behalf of a physician assistant shall submit to the board a report concerning
settlements or awards paid on behalf of a physician assistant, and any settlements or awards
paid by a clinic, hospital, political subdivision, or other entity on its own behalf because of care
rendered by a physician assistant. The report shall be made to the board within 30 days of any
settlement. The report must contain at least the following information:
(1) the total number of medical malpractice settlements or awards made to the plaintiff;
(2) the date the medical malpractice settlements or awards to the plaintiff were made;
(3) the allegations contained in the claim or complaint leading to the settlements or awards
made to the plaintiff;
(4) the dollar amount of each medical malpractice settlement or award;
(5) the regular address of the practice of the physician assistant against whom an award was
made or with whom a settlement was made; and
(6) the name of the physician assistant against whom an award was made or with whom a
settlement was made.
The insurance company shall, in addition to the above information, report to the board any
information it possesses which tends to substantiate a charge that a physician assistant may
have engaged in conduct violating this chapter.
    Subd. 6. Courts. The court administrator of district court or any other court of competent
jurisdiction shall report to the board any judgment or other determination of the court which
adjudges or includes a finding that a physician assistant is mentally ill, mentally incompetent,
guilty of a felony, guilty of a violation of federal or state narcotics laws or controlled substances
act, or guilty of an abuse or fraud under Medicare or Medicaid, appoints a guardian of the
physician assistant pursuant to sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502, or commits a physician assistant
pursuant to chapter 253B.
    Subd. 7. Self-reporting. A physician assistant shall report to the board any personal action
which is a violation of this chapter.
    Subd. 8. Deadlines; forms. Reports required by subdivisions 2 to 7 must be submitted not
later than 30 days after the occurrence of the reportable event or transaction. The board may
provide forms for the submission of reports required by this section, may require that reports be
submitted on the forms provided, and may adopt rules necessary to assure prompt and accurate
reporting.
    Subd. 9. Subpoenas. The board may issue subpoenas for the production of any reports
required by subdivisions 2 to 7 or any related documents.
History: 1995 c 205 art 1 s 13; 2004 c 146 art 3 s 47