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2018 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 144 - 159 — HEALTH
Chapter 145 — PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
Section 145.854 — DUTY OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
Universal Citation: MN Stat § 145.854 (2018)
145.854 DUTY OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
Subdivision 1. Search. A medical practitioner, in discharging a duty to a disabled person whom the practitioner has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card of the type described in section 145.852, subdivision 2 and examine them for emergency information.
Subd. 2. Actions. A cause of action against a medical practitioner does not arise from the practitioner's making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.
History: 1973 c 428 s 4; 1986 c 444
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