144.654 EXPERTS MAY BE EMPLOYED.
The state commissioner of health may employ experts in the field of health care to assist the
staffs of facilities required to be licensed under the provisions of sections
144.50 to
144.58, or
144A.02, in programming and providing adequate care of the patients and residents of the facility.
Alternate methods of care for patients and residents of the facilities shall be researched by the
state commissioner of health using the knowledge and experience of experts employed therefor.
History: 1973 c 688 s 4; 1976 c 173 s 43; 1977 c 305 s 45