Nurses

We help nurses (including Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse-Midwifes, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Nurse Practitioners) start their business, complete any transactions with their business, protect their license, navigate employment and contractor relationships, sell their business, hire and fire workers and maintain compliance with board rules, Minnesota law and Federal law.

In Minnesota, a nurse has many rules to follow ranging from Minnesota Board of Nursing propagated rules all the way to Federal Law. Nurses are also often in many contracts with employers, licensing agencies, vendors, commercial real estate agents, insurance companies, employers, employees, independent contractors, partners and local, state and federal agencies.

The main rules pertaining to Minnesota nurses are the Minnesota Nurse Practice Act as well as related rules. In fact, Nurses are under a lot of rules depending on their roles in organizations and what licenses are in play. For example, a nurse working at a home care agency has to adhere to both Minnesota Department of Human Services rules, as well as Nurse Practice Act (and other State and Federal Laws.)

Invest in experienced legal counsel so you can focus on providing quality care (and enjoying quality time for yourself) rather than guessing and worrying about the law.

A non-exhaustive list of related rules pertaining to Minnesota Nurses is below:

This list contains references to other Minnesota rules related to nursing practice; however, it may not be complete.

Additional rules may be found on the Web site of the Office of Revisor of Statutes.

The DHS Rules conversion table may be accessed at the DHS website.

148.171	Definitions; title.
148.181	Board of nursing membership, vacancies, disclosure.
148.191	Officers; staff; powers.
148.211	Licensing.
148.212	Temporary permit.
148.231	Registration; failure to register; reregistration; verification.
148.233	Identification of certified registered nurses.
148.234	State boundaries consideration.
148.235	Prescribing drugs and therapeutic devices.
148.241	Expenses.
148.242	Fees.
148.243	Fee Amounts.
148.251	Nursing program.
148.261	Grounds for disciplinary action.
148.262	Forms of disciplinary action; automatic suspension; temporary suspension; reissuance.
148.263	Reporting obligations.
148.264	Immunity.
148.265	Nurse cooperation.
148.266	Disciplinary record on judicial review.
148.267	Reports to the commissioner of health.
148.271	Exemptions.
148.281	Violations; penalty.
148.283	Unauthorized practice of professional, advanced practice registered, and practical nursing.
148.2841	Advanced Practice Nursing Advisory Council.
148.285	Transfer of assets.
Chapter/Part	Subject
Chapter 2911	Correctional Facilities
Chapter 2960	Programs for Children
Chapter 4301	Providing Cause of Death Information
Chapter 4655	Boarding care homes
Chapter 4658	Nursing homes, including administration of medications by unlicensed personnel
Chapter 4664	Hospice Services
Chapter 4665	Supervised living facilities.Also, see the Department of Health June 2005 Information Bulletin 05-3
Chapter 4668	Home care, including assisted living home care providers
Chapter 4675.0500	Administration of anesthetic drugs in outpatient surgical centers
Chapter 4732.0560	Ordering radiographic examinations
Chapter 6950	Infection control standards for HIV, HBV
Chapter 8710.6100	Licensed school nurse
Chapter 9503	Child care center
Chapter 9505	Adult day care, community alternative care, pre-admission screening; supervision of personal care attendants
Chapter 9515.3000 – 9515.3110	Sexual Psychopathic Personality Treatment Center
Chapter 9520	Mental health services
Chapter 9530	Chemical dependency programs
Chapter 9545	Residential treatment programs for children with severe emotional disturbance
Chapter 9555	Adult foster care and social services for adults

Chapter/Section	Subject
Chapter 12	Emergency Management, including Emergency Health Powers Act and out-of-state license holders authority during an emergency
Section 13, subd 2	Student health data classification
Section 62A,15 subd 3a	Advanced nursing practice defined; third party reimbursement required in accident and health and non-profit health insurance policies
Section 62A.307	Reimbursement of APRN prescribing
Section 62A.3091	Reimbursement for APRN prescribing tests and x-rays
Section 62A.3092	Reimbursement of RN First Assistant
Section 62J.497	Electronic prescription drug program
Section 62M.09, subd 2	License required for health care utilization reviewers
Section 121A.21	School Health Services
Section 121A.22	Administration of drugs and medicine in public schools
Section 121A.2205	Possession and use of epinephrine injections-model policy
Section 121A.26	School preassessment teams
Section 122A.18	Board of Teaching to issue licenses (school nurses)
Section 125A.02	APRN may diagnose ADD/ADHD for purposes of identifying a child with a disability
Section 144.057	Background studies on Licensees
Section 144.121	Persons who may operate x-ray equipment
Section 144.125	Tests of infants for heritable and congenital disorders (nurse-midwives)
Section 144.29	Health records; children of school age (school nurse)
Section 144.292	Patient rights regarding health records
Section 144.4175	Reporting a person who is a health threat to others
Section 144.419	Isolation and Quarantine of persons
Section 144.4195	Due Process for Isolation or Quarantine
Section 144.6503	Nursing home staff training in Alzheimer’s disease or related disorder
Section 144.651	Health Care Bill of Rights
Section 144.6585	Name tags and professional designation required
Chapter 144A	Nursing homes, home care and supplemental nursing services agencies
Section 144A.45	Regulation of Home Care Services
Chapter 144D	Housing With Services
Section 144D.065	Housing with services staff training in Alzheimer’s disease or related disorder
Chapter 144G	Assisted Living Services
Chapter 144H	Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers
Section 145.42	Abortions; nonliability for refusal to perform
Section 145.4711 – 145.4712	Emergency care to sexual assault victims
Section 145C.03 subd 2	Not serving as agent for health care directive
Chapter 146A	Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practices
Section 148.76, subd 2	APRN may order physical therapy
Section 148.975	Duty of a nurse who performs psychotherapy to predict, warn of or take reasonable precautions to provide protection from a patient’s violent behavior; limitation on liability
Section 148B.50	Licensed professional counseling; Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy
Section 151.01, subds 16 and 23	Definitions of prescription and of practitioners who may prescribe
Section 151.37	Legend drugs, who may prescribe, possess; application of practice guidelines or protocols
Section 152.12	Controlled substances, who may prescribe, possess
Section 152.126	Prescription Monitoring Program
Section 152.28	Medical Cannabis: Health Care Practitioner Duties
Section 152.34	Nursing Facilities
Section 154.04	Persons exempt from registration as a barber
Section 157.17	Health supervision services in Board and Lodging facilities
Section 176.135	Workers’ compensation treatment; appliances; supplies
Section 181.275	Regulating nurses’ overtime
Section 182.6551 – 182.6554	Safe Patient Handling Act
Section 214.101	Suspension of professional license due to failure to pay child support
Sections 214.17-214.25	HIV, HBV, and HCV prevention program
Sections 214.31-214.37	Health Professionals Services Program
Section 214.40	Volunteer Health Care Provider Program
Section 243.251	Post-traumatic stress disorder in veteran nurses confined in adult correctional institutions
Section 245A.04 subd 12	Adult day care staff training in Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders
Chapter 245C	Human Services background studies and disqualification criteria
Section 251.15	Student Nurse contracting tuberculosis
Chapter 253B	Civil Commitment Law
Section 256B.0651	Home Care Services
Section 256B.0659	Personal Care Assistance program
Section 256B.0911	Long term care consultation
Section 256B.0913	Alternative care program
Section 256B.0917 subd 8	Living-at-home/block nurse program
Section 261.22	Application by public health nurse for care of indigent person
Section 268.0625	Revocation of business licenses
Section 270C.72	Tax delinquency – revocation of license
Section 295.52	MinnesotaCare Tax
Chapter 319B	Professional Firms Act
Section 326.56	Licenses, certificates of registration, renewals by members of armed forces on active duty
Section 595.02 subd 1(g)	Privileged communication (registered nurse)
Section 604A.01	Good Samaritan Law
Section 604.20 – 604.205	Action for sexual exploitation; psychotherapists
Section 609.2231, subd 6	Assault in the fourth degree; public employees with mandated duties (public health nurse)
Section 609.23	Mistreatment of persons confined
Section 609.231	Mistreatment of residents or patients
Section 609.341	Criminal sexual contact; psychotherapist definition includes a nurse
Section 626.52	Reporting of suspicious wounds
Section 626.556 subd 3	Reporting of maltreatment of minors
Section 626.5561 subd 1	Reporting of prenatal exposure to controlled substances
Section 626.557, subd 3	Reporting of maltreatment of vulnerable adults
Section 626.5572.16	Definition of mandated reporter

Chapter	Subject
Chapter 6301	Program approvals
Chapter 6305	Professional and practical nurse licensure
Chapter 6310	Professional and practical nurse registration
Chapter 6316	Public health nurse registration
Chapter 6321	Nursing practice and discipline (including definitions of monitoring and supervision)

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