2005 Minnesota Statutes - 144.68 — Records and reports required.

     144.68 Records and reports required. 


    Subdivision 1.    Person practicing healing arts.  Every 
 person licensed to practice the healing arts in any form, upon 
 request of the commissioner of health, shall prepare and forward 
 to the commissioner, in the manner and at such times as the 
 commissioner designates, a detailed record of each case of 
 cancer treated or seen by the person professionally. 


    Subd. 2.    Hospitals and similar institutions.  Every 
 hospital, medical clinic, medical laboratory, or other 
 institution for the hospitalization, clinical or laboratory 
 diagnosis, or care of human beings, upon request of the 
 commissioner of health, shall prepare and forward to the 
 commissioner, in the manner and at the times designated by the 
 commissioner, a detailed record of each case of cancer. 


    Subd. 3.    Reporting without liability.  The furnishing 
 of the information required under subdivisions 1 and 2 shall not 
 subject the person, hospital, medical clinic, medical 
 laboratory, or other institution furnishing the information, to 
 any action for damages or other relief. 


    HIST: 1949 c 350 s 3; 1976 c 173 s 47,48; 1977 c 305 s 45; 
 1986 c 444; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 11