2019 Minnesota Statutes

251.15 HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS.

Subdivision 1.County-provided care and treatment.

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