What information must be posted?
The Minnesota Patients’ Bill of Rights Poster provides a list of rights for patients receiving medical care in Minnesota hospitals. Some of these rights are:
- Public policy declaration
- Courteous treatment
- Appropriate healthcare
- Physician’s or advanced practice registered nurse’s identity
- Information about treatment
- Continuity of care
- Right to refuse care
- Freedom from maltreatment
- Personal privacy
- Communication privacy
The poster includes the address and telephone number of the Board of Medical Practice where inquiries about the medical care received may be directed. The poster also includes a brief statement describing how to file a complaint with the Office of Health Facility Complaints, and the address and phone number of the Office of Health Facility Complaints.
Under Minnesota Law (MS, Sec. 144.651), patients at admission must be informed of their legal rights for their protection during their stay at the hospital or throughout their course of treatment and maintenance in the community and that these are described in an accompanying written statement.
Who must post the Minnesota Patients’ Bill of Rights?
Minnesota hospitals must display the Minnesota Patients’ Bill of Rights in clearly viewed areas. (MS, Sec. 144.652)
“Hospitals” are defined as any institution, place, building, or agency, in which any accommodation is maintained, furnished, or offered for five or more persons for: the hospitalization of the sick or injured; the provision of care in a swing bed; elective outpatient surgery for preexamined, prediagnosed low risk patients; emergency medical services offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in an ambulatory or outpatient setting in a facility not a part of a licensed hospital; or the institutional care of human beings.