144.077 MOBILE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
    Subdivision 1. Definition. "Mobile health evaluation and screening provider" means any
provider who is transported in a vehicle mounted unit, either motorized or trailered, and readily
movable without disassembling, and who regularly provides evaluation and screening services
in more than one geographic location. "Mobile health evaluation and screening provider" does
not include any ambulance medical transportation type services or any mobile health service
provider affiliated, owned and operated, or under contract with a licensed health care facility
or provider, managed care entity licensed under chapter 62D or 62N or Minnesota licensed
physician or dentist, nor does it include fixed location providers who transfer or move during the
calendar year. All mobile health evaluation and screening providers must be directly supervised
by a physician licensed under chapter 147.
    Subd. 2. Licensure requirements. A mobile health evaluation and screening provider
shall be required to comply with all licensing reporting and certification, sanitation, and other
requirements and regulations that apply to a health care provider supplying similar services as a
fixed location provider. A mobile health evaluation and screening provider shall be subject to
regulation and order of the Department of Health.
    Subd. 3. Registration requirements. A mobile health evaluation and screening provider
shall register with the commissioner and file the anticipated locations of practice, schedules, and
routes annually no later than January 15. The mobile health evaluation and screening provider
shall also include the name and address of the supervising physician. A mobile health evaluation
and screening provider shall provide at least 30 days' written notice to the populations they
intend to serve.
History: 1995 c 135 s 1