2007 Minnesota Statutes

251.15 HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS.
    Subdivision 1. Student nurse, medical student, or physician in training contracting
tuberculosis to have care at expense of county. Any student nurse, medical student, or physician
in training, who contracts tuberculosis as a result of direct contact with tuberculosis patients
during the course of training, or internship in a public tax supported hospital in this state, may
be given care and treatment in a public tax supported hospital operated and controlled by the
county in which the public tax supported hospital is located, and at the expense of the county in
which the public hospital is located.
    Subd. 2. Time within which application must be made. Application for such care and
treatment shall be made by such student nurse, medical student, or medical intern at any time
during the course of training or internship, and after the termination thereof, application shall be
made within 12 months after the termination of said training or internship.
History: 1947 c 569 s 1,2; 1980 c 357 s 20; 1986 c 444