Minnesota § 144.606 INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFERS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 144.606 — INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFERS

Minnesota § 144.606

PartHEALTH

Ch. 144DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

This text of Minnesota § 144.606 (INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFERS) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Minnesota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 144.606 (2026).

Text

Subdivision 1.Written procedures required. A 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:

(1)clearly identified anatomic and physiologic criteria that, if met, will immediately initiate transfer to definitive care;

(2)a listing of appropriate ground and air transport services, including primary and secondary telephone contact numbers; and

(3)immediately available supplies, records, or other necessary resources that will accompany a patient. Subd. 2.Transfer agreements.

(a)A level III or IV trauma hospital may transfer patients to a hospital with which the trauma hospital has a written transfer agreement.

(b)Each agreement must

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Subdivision 1.Written procedures required.
A 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:
(1) clearly identified anatomic and physiologic criteria that, if met, will immediately initiate transfer to definitive care;
(2) a listing of appropriate ground and air transport services, including primary and secondary telephone contact numbers; and
(3) immediately available supplies, records, or other necessary resources that will accompany a patient.

Subd. 2.Transfer agreements.
(a) A level III or IV trauma hospital may transfer patients to a hospital with which the trauma hospital has a written transfer agreement.
(b) Each agreement must be current and with a trauma hospital or trauma hospitals capable of caring for major trauma injuries.
(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.