Minnesota § 144.128 COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 144.128 — COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES

Minnesota § 144.128

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Ch. 144DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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Minn. Stat. § 144.128 (2026).

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(a)The commissioner shall:

(1)notify the physicians of newborns tested of the results of the tests performed;

(2)make referrals for the necessary treatment of diagnosed cases of heritable and congenital disorders when treatment is indicated;

(3)maintain a registry of the cases of heritable and congenital disorders detected by the screening program for the purpose of follow-up services;

(4)prepare a separate form for use by parents or by adults who were tested as minors to direct that blood samples or test results be destroyed;

(5)comply with a destruction request as described in section144.125;

(6)notify individuals who request destruction of samples and test results that the samples and test results have been destroyed and the date of destruction; and

(7)adopt rules to carry out s

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(a) The commissioner shall:
(1) notify the physicians of newborns tested of the results of the tests performed;
(2) make referrals for the necessary treatment of diagnosed cases of heritable and congenital disorders when treatment is indicated;
(3) maintain a registry of the cases of heritable and congenital disorders detected by the screening program for the purpose of follow-up services;
(4) prepare a separate form for use by parents or by adults who were tested as minors to direct that blood samples or test results be destroyed;
(5) comply with a destruction request as described in section144.125;
(6) notify individuals who request destruction of samples and test results that the samples and test results have been destroyed and the date of destruction; and
(7) adopt rules to carry out sections144.125to144.128.
(b) Nothing in sections144.125to144.128shall exempt the commissioner from the requirements of the genetic privacy act in section13.386or from the penalties for a violation of the genetic privacy act as provided in chapter 13.