Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 145 > HOSPITAL RECORDS

• Administration of medication: means providing a medication to a client, and includes the following tasks, performed in the following order:

  (1) checking the client's medication record;

  (2) preparing the medication for administration;

  (3) administering the medication to the client;

  (4) documenting the administration of the medication, or the reason for not administering a medication as prescribed; and

  (5) reporting information to a licensed practitioner or a nurse regarding a problem with the administration of medication or the client's refusal to take the medication, if applicable. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01

• Alcohol and drug counselor: means a person who is qualified according to section 245G. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Applicant: has the meaning given in section 245A. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Client: means an individual accepted by a license holder for assessment or treatment of a substance use disorder. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Co-occurring disorders: means a diagnosis of both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Day of service initiation: means the day the license holder begins the provision of a treatment service identified in section 245G. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Direct contact: has the meaning given for "direct contact" in section 245C. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Face-to-face: means two-way, real-time, interactive and visual communication between a client and a treatment service provider and includes services delivered in person or via telehealth. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Group counseling: means a professionally led psychotherapeutic substance use disorder treatment that is delivered in an interactive group setting. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Guest speaker: means an individual who is not an alcohol and drug counselor qualified according to section 245G. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• License: has the meaning given in section 245A. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• License holder: has the meaning given in section 245A. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Licensed practitioner: means an individual who is authorized to prescribe medication as defined in section 151. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Majority: means with respect to an individual the period of time after the individual reaches the age of 18. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and "year" is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Nurse: means an individual licensed and currently registered to practice professional or practical nursing as defined in section 148. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Person-centered: means a client actively participates in the client's treatment planning of services. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Protective factors: means the actions or efforts a person can take to reduce the negative impact of certain issues, such as substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and risk of suicide. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Skilled treatment services: has the meaning provided in section 254B. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• staff member: means an individual who works under the direction of the license holder regardless of the individual's employment status including but not limited to an intern, consultant, individual who works part time, or individual who does not provide direct care services. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Substance: means alcohol, solvents, controlled substances as defined in section 152. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Substance use disorder: has the meaning given in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01
• Telehealth: means the delivery of a substance use disorder treatment service while the client is at an originating site and the health care provider is at a distant site via telehealth as defined in section 256B. See Minnesota Statutes 245G.01