{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144.606","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 144.606","heading":"INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFERS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Written procedures required.\nA level III or IV trauma hospital must have predetermined, written procedures that direct the internal process for rapidly and efficiently transferring a major trauma patient to definitive care, including:\n(1) clearly identified anatomic and physiologic criteria that, if met, will immediately initiate transfer to definitive care;\n(2) a listing of appropriate ground and air transport services, including primary and secondary telephone contact numbers; and\n(3) immediately available supplies, records, or other necessary resources that will accompany a patient.\nSubd. 2. Transfer agreements.\n(a) A level III or IV trauma hospital may transfer patients to a hospital with which the trauma hospital has a written transfer agreement.\n(b) Each agreement must be current and with a trauma hospital or trauma hospitals capable of caring for major trauma injuries.\n(c) A level III or IV trauma hospital must have a current transfer agreement with a hospital that has special capabilities in the treatment of burn injuries and a transfer agreement with a second hospital that has special capabilities in the treatment of burn injuries, should the primary transfer hospital be unable to accept a burn patient.","path":["HEALTH","CHAPTER 144. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH","STATEWIDE TRAUMA SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144.606","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:33Z","sha256":"e87d6b2ea822287df0dae2dc36433326c776396d04be6bc9280511137dcad4e6","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144.605","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144.6062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}