{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144a.45","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 144A.45","heading":"REGULATION OF HOME CARE SERVICES.","body":"Subdivision 1. Regulations.\nThe commissioner shall regulate home care providers pursuant to sections 144A.43 to 144A.482. The regulations shall include the following:\n(1) provisions to assure, to the extent possible, the health, safety, well-being, and appropriate treatment of persons who receive home care services while respecting a client's autonomy and choice;\n(2) requirements that home care providers furnish the commissioner with specified information necessary to implement sections 144A.43 to 144A.482;\n(3) standards of training of home care provider personnel;\n(4) standards for provision of home care services;\n(5) standards for medication management;\n(6) standards for supervision of home care services;\n(7) standards for client evaluation or assessment;\n(8) requirements for the involvement of a client's health care provider, the documentation of health care providers' orders, if required, and the client's service plan;\n(9) the maintenance of accurate, current client records;\n(10) the establishment of basic and comprehensive levels of licenses based on services provided; and\n(11) provisions to enforce these regulations and the home care bill of rights.\nSubd. 1a.\n[Repealed by amendment, 2013 c 108 art 11 s 9]\nSubd. 1b.\n[Repealed by amendment, 2013 c 108 art 11 s 9]\nSubd. 2. Regulatory functions.\nThe commissioner shall:\n(1) license, survey, and monitor without advance notice, home care providers in accordance with sections 144A.43 to 144A.482;\n(2) survey every temporary licensee within one year of the temporary license issuance date subject to the temporary licensee providing home care services to a client or clients;\n(3) survey all licensed home care providers on an interval that will promote the health and safety of clients;\n(4) with the consent of the client, visit the home where services are being provided;\n(5) issue correction orders and assess civil penalties in accordance with section 144.653, subdivisions 5 to 8, for violations of sections 144A.43 to 144A.482;\n(6) take action as authorized in section 144A.475; and\n(7) take other action reasonably required to accomplish the purposes of sections 144A.43 to 144A.482.\nSubd. 3.\n[Repealed, 1997 c 113 s 22]\nSubd. 4.\n[Repealed by amendment, 2013 c 108 art 11 s 9]\nSubd. 5.\n[Repealed by amendment, 2013 c 108 art 11 s 9]\nSubd. 6.\nMS 2018 [Repealed, 1Sp2019 c 9 art 11 s 112]","path":["HEALTH","CHAPTER 144A. NURSING HOMES AND HOME CARE","HOME CARE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144A.45","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:33Z","sha256":"38fd183ba6664a56f824c855844c3a37e1bce92e802f86b17cda380a979db2c6","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144a.442","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144a.46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}