1998 Minnesota Statutes

     214.07 Reports. 

    Subdivision 1.    Board reports.  The health-related 
 licensing boards and the non-health-related licensing boards 
 shall prepare reports according to this subdivision and 
 subdivision 1a by October 1 of each even-numbered year.  Copies 
 of the reports shall be delivered to the governor.  Copies of 
 the reports of the health-related licensing boards shall also be 
 delivered to the commissioner of health.  The reports shall 
 contain the following information relating to the two-year 
 period ending the previous June 30: 

    (a) a general statement of board activities; 

    (b) the number of meetings and approximate total number of 
 hours spent by all board members in meetings and on other board 
 activities; 

    (c) the receipts and disbursements of board funds; 

    (d) the names of board members and their addresses, 
 occupations, and dates of appointment and reappointment to the 
 board; 

    (e) the names and job classifications of board employees; 

    (f) a brief summary of board rules proposed or adopted 
 during the reporting period with appropriate citations to the 
 State Register and published rules; 

    (g) the number of persons having each type of license and 
 registration issued by the board as of June 30 in the year of 
 the report; 

    (h) the locations and dates of the administration of 
 examinations by the board; 

    (i) the number of persons examined by the board with the 
 persons subdivided into groups showing age categories, sex, and 
 states of residency; 

    (j) the number of persons licensed or registered by the 
 board after taking the examinations referred to in clause (h) 
 with the persons subdivided by age categories, sex, and states 
 of residency; 

    (k) the number of persons not licensed or registered by the 
 board after taking the examinations referred to in clause (h) 
 with the persons subdivided by age categories, sex, and states 
 of residency; 

    (l) the number of persons not taking the examinations 
 referred to in clause (h) who were licensed or registered by the 
 board or who were denied licensing or registration with the 
 reasons for the licensing or registration or denial thereof and 
 with the persons subdivided by age categories, sex, and states 
 of residency; 

    (m) the number of persons previously licensed or registered 
 by the board whose licenses or registrations were revoked, 
 suspended, or otherwise altered in status with brief statements 
 of the reasons for the revocation, suspension or alteration; 

    (n) the number of written and oral complaints and other 
 communications received by the executive director or executive 
 secretary of the board, a board member, or any other person 
 performing services for the board (1) which allege or imply a 
 violation of a statute or rule which the board is empowered to 
 enforce and (2) which are forwarded to other agencies as 
 required by section 214.10; 

    (o) a summary, by specific category, of the substance of 
 the complaints and communications referred to in clause (n) and, 
 for each specific category, the responses or dispositions 
 thereof pursuant to section 214.10 or 214.11; 

    (p) any other objective information which the board members 
 believe will be useful in reviewing board activities. 

    Subd. 1a.    Report requirement for board of medical 
 practice and board of nursing.  The board of medical practice 
 and the board of nursing shall include in the report required 
 under subdivision 1, clause (o), specific information regarding 
 complaints and communications involving obstetrics, gynecology, 
 prenatal care, and delivery, and the boards' responses or 
 dispositions. 

    Subd. 2.    Summary of board reports.  Not later than 
 December 15 of each even-numbered year, the commissioner of 
 health with respect to the health-related licensing boards shall 
 prepare summary reports compiling the information required by 
 subdivision 1, clauses (b) and (g) to (p), and contained in the 
 reports submitted by the boards the preceding year pursuant to 
 subdivision 1.  The summary reports must also specify the staff 
 and services provided by the department to each board.  The 
 summary reports must be distributed to the legislature under 
 section 3.195 and to the governor. 

    HIST: 1975 c 136 s 49; 1976 c 222 s 4; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1985 c 
 247 s 21,25; 1988 c 613 s 27; 1990 c 506 art 2 s 19; 1990 c 568 
 art 3 s 6,7; 1991 c 106 s 6; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 27