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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to health; requiring reporting of diverted narcotics or controlled <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>substances;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 214.33, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 214.33, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Employer mandatory reporting.</b> (a) An employer of a person regulated <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>by a health-related licensing board, and a health care institution or other organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>where the regulated person is engaged in providing services, must report to the appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>licensing board that a regulated person has diverted narcotics or other controlled <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>substances in violation of state or federal narcotics or controlled substance law if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(1) the employer, health care institution, or organization making the report has <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>knowledge of the diversion; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(2) the regulated person has diverted narcotics or other controlled substances <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>from the reporting employer, health care institution, or organization, or at the reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>institution or organization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(b) The requirement to report under this subdivision does not apply if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(1) the regulated person is self-employed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(2) the knowledge was obtained in the course of a professional-patient relationship <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>and the patient is regulated by the health-related licensing board; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>(3) knowledge of the diversion first becomes known to the employer, health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>institution, or other organization, either from (i) an individual who is serving as a work <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>site monitor approved by the health professional services program for the regulated <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>person who has self-reported to the health professional services program, and who <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>has returned to work pursuant to a health professional services program participation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>agreement and monitoring plan; or (ii) the regulated person who has self-reported to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>health professional services program and who has returned to work pursuant to the health <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>professional services program participation agreement and monitoring plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(c) Complying with subdivision 1 does not waive the requirement to report under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>this subdivision.<br />
         		
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