2005 Minnesota Statutes - 144.7403 — Information required to be given to individuals.

     144.7403 Information required to be given to individuals.


    Subdivision 1.    Information to source individual.  (a) 
 Before seeking any consent required by the procedures under 
 sections 144.7401 to 144.7415, a facility shall inform the 
 source individual that the source individual's bloodborne 
 pathogen test results, without the individual's name, address, 
 or other uniquely identifying information, shall be reported to 
 the emergency medical services person if requested, and that 
 test results collected under sections 144.7401 to 144.7415 are 
 for medical purposes as set forth in section 144.7409 and may 
 not be used as evidence in any criminal proceedings or civil 
 proceedings, except for procedures under sections 144.4171 to 
 144.4186.  


    (b) The facility shall inform the source individual of the 
 insurance protections in section 72A.20, subdivision 29. 


    (c) The facility shall inform the source individual that 
 the individual may refuse to provide a blood sample and that the 
 source individual's refusal may result in a request for a court 
 order to require the source individual to provide a blood sample.


    (d) The facility shall inform the source individual that 
 the facility will advise the emergency medical services person 
 of the confidentiality requirements and penalties before 
 disclosing any test information. 


    Subd. 2.    Information to EMS person.  (a) Before 
 disclosing any information about the source individual, the 
 facility shall inform the emergency medical services person of 
 the confidentiality requirements of section 144.7411 and that 
 the person may be subject to penalties for unauthorized release 
 of information about the source individual under section 
 144.7412. 


    (b) The facility shall inform the emergency medical 
 services person of the insurance protections in section 72A.20, 
 subdivision 29. 


    HIST: 2000 c 422 s 7