1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 245 - 267 Public Welfare and Related Activities
Chapter 253 Hospitals for Persons with Mental Illness
Section 253.10 Death or illness; notice given next of kin.
253.10 Death or illness; notice given next of kin.
The chief executive officer of any state hospital shall give to the next of kin of any resident thereof immediate notice of the resident's death, serious illness, or special change in condition and promptly and fully answer all letters of inquiry from relatives. Immediately after the death of a patient or resident therein, the chief executive officer shall furnish for registration, to the proper clerk or health officer, and to the judge exercising probate jurisdiction for the county from which the resident was committed, a certificate setting forth the name of the patient or resident, age, the duration of last sickness, and the cause and date of death. The expenses of all coroners' inquests upon persons dying in such hospital shall be paid from the appropriation for its current expenses.
HIST: (4518) RL s 1917; 1965 c 45 s 28; 1985 c 21 s 42; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
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