Minnesota Statutes 260C.615 – Duties of Commissioner
Subdivision 1.Duties.
(a) For any child who is under the guardianship of the commissioner, the commissioner has the exclusive rights to consent to:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 260C.615
- Agency: means the responsible social services agency or a licensed child-placing agency. See Minnesota Statutes 260C.007
- Child: means an individual under 18 years of age. See Minnesota Statutes 260C.007
- children: includes children by birth or adoption;
(9) "day" comprises the time from midnight to the next midnight;
(10) "fiscal year" means the year by or for which accounts are reckoned;
(11) "hereafter" means a reference to the time after the time when the law containing such word takes effect;
(12) "heretofore" means a reference to the time previous to the time when the law containing such word takes effect;
(13) "judicial sale" means a sale conducted by an officer or person authorized for the purpose by some competent tribunal;
(14) "minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years;
(15) "money" means lawful money of the United States;
(16) "night time" means the time from sunset to sunrise;
(17) "non compos mentis" refers to an individual of unsound mind;
(18) "notary" means a notary public;
(19) "now" in any provision of a law referring to other laws in force, or to persons in office, or to any facts or circumstances as existing, relates to the laws in force, or to the persons in office, or to the facts or circumstances existing, respectively, on the effective date of such provision;
(20) "verified" when used in reference to writings, means supported by oath or affirmation. See Minnesota Statutes 645.45
- Person: includes any individual, association, corporation, partnership, and the state or any of its political subdivisions, departments, or agencies. See Minnesota Statutes 260C.007
- Responsible social services agency: means the county social services agency that has responsibility for public child welfare and child protection services and includes the provision of adoption services as an agent of the commissioner of human services. See Minnesota Statutes 260C.007
(1) the medical care plan for the treatment of a child who is at imminent risk of death or who has a chronic disease that, in a physician’s judgment, will result in the child’s death in the near future including a physician’s order not to resuscitate or intubate the child; and
(2) the child donating a part of the child’s body to another person while the child is living; the decision to donate a body part under this clause shall take into consideration the child’s wishes and the child’s culture.
(b) In addition to the exclusive rights under paragraph (a), the commissioner has a duty to:
(1) process any complete and accurate request for home study and placement through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children under section 260.851;
(2) process any complete and accurate application for adoption assistance forwarded by the responsible social services agency according to chapter 256N;
(3) review and process an adoption placement agreement forwarded to the commissioner by the responsible social services agency and return it to the agency in a timely fashion; and
(4) maintain records as required in chapter 259.
Subd. 2.Duties not reserved.
All duties, obligations, and consents not specifically reserved to the commissioner in this section are delegated to the responsible social services agency, subject to supervision by the commissioner under section 393.07.