Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 145 — Public Health Provisions
Section 145.711 — Definitions.

Subdivision 1. Application. For purposes of sections 145.711 to 145.714, the following definitions apply.
Subd. 2. Dispensing. "Dispensing" means the retail delivery of ophthalmic goods to a patient.
Subd. 3. Fitting. "Fitting" means the performance of mechanical procedures and measurements necessary to adapt and fit contact lenses after an eye examination and supervision of the trial wearing of the contact lenses, which may require revisions during the trial period.
Subd. 4. Ophthalmic goods. "Ophthalmic goods" means eyeglasses, one or more eyeglass components for which a prescription is required, or contact lenses.
Subd. 5. Ophthalmic services. "Ophthalmic services" means the measuring, fitting, adjusting, fabricating, or prescribing of ophthalmic goods after an eye examination.
Subd. 6. Optometrist. "Optometrist" means an individual licensed to practice optometry under sections 148.52 to 148.62.
Subd. 7. Patient. "Patient" means a person who has had an eye examination.
Subd. 8. Prescription. "Prescription" means a written directive from an optometrist or physician for contact lenses that must include the manufacturer's brand name, power, base curve, the name and telephone number of the prescribing optometrist or physician, patient's name, and the expiration date of the prescription. If applicable, the prescription may also include diameter, axis, add power, cylinder, peripheral curve, optical zone, or center thickness.
Subd. 9. Physician. "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine under chapter 147.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes

Chapters 144 - 159 — Health

Chapter 145 — Public Health Provisions

Section 145.075 — Injunctive Relief Brought By Commissioner.

Section 145.131 — Findings And Purpose.

Section 145.135 — Uniform Determination Of Death Act.

Section 145.161 — Dissection; When Permitted.

Section 145.1621 — Disposition Of Aborted Or Miscarried Fetuses.

Section 145.1622 — Policy For Notification Of Disposition Options.

Section 145.267 — Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Grants.

Section 145.30 — Superintendent Of Hospitals To Transfer Records.

Section 145.31 — Copies To Be Used As Evidence.

Section 145.32 — Old Records May Be Destroyed.

Section 145.33 — Construction.

Section 145.36 — Exposing Person With Contagious Disease.

Section 145.365 — Trafficking In Skunks.

Section 145.37 — Manufacture Of Certain Products Which May Be Injurious.

Section 145.41 — Blood Donations, Age Of Donor.

Section 145.411 — Regulation Of Abortions; Definitions.

Section 145.412 — Criminal Acts.

Section 145.413 — Recording And Reporting Health Data.

Section 145.4131 — Recording And Reporting Abortion Data.

Section 145.4132 — Recording And Reporting Abortion Complication Data.

Section 145.4133 — Reporting Out-of-state Abortions.

Section 145.4134 — Commissioner's Public Report.

Section 145.4135 — Enforcement; Penalties.

Section 145.4136 — Severability.

Section 145.414 — Abortion Not Mandatory.

Section 145.415 — Live Fetus After Abortion, Treatment.

Section 145.416 — Licensing And Regulation Of Facilities.

Section 145.42 — Abortions; Nonliability For Refusal To Perform.

Section 145.421 — Human Conceptus, Living; Definitions.

Section 145.422 — Experimentation, Research Or Sale.

Section 145.423 — Abortion; Live Births.

Section 145.4235 — Positive Abortion Alternatives.

Section 145.424 — Prohibition Of Tort Actions.

Section 145.4241 — Definitions.

Section 145.4242 — Informed Consent.

Section 145.4243 — Printed Information.

Section 145.4244 — Internet Website.

Section 145.4245 — Procedure In Case Of Medical Emergency.

Section 145.4246 — Reporting Requirements.

Section 145.4247 — Remedies.

Section 145.4248 — Severability.

Section 145.4249 — Supreme Court Jurisdiction.

Section 145.425 — Pay Toilets In Public Places; Prohibitions; Penalty.

Section 145.471 — Prenatal Trisomy Diagnosis Awareness Act.

Section 145.4711 — Definitions.

Section 145.4712 — Emergency Care To Sexual Assault Victims.

Section 145.4713 — Complaints.

Section 145.4715 — Reporting Prevalence Of Sexual Violence.

Section 145.4716 — Safe Harbor For Sexually Exploited Youth.

Section 145.4717 — Regional Navigator Grants.

Section 145.4718 — Program Evaluation.

Section 145.56 — Suicide Prevention.

Section 145.61 — Definitions.

Section 145.62 — Providing Information To Review Organization; Immunity.

Section 145.63 — Review Organization; Advisory Capacity; Immunity.

Section 145.64 — Confidentiality Of Records Of Review Organization.

Section 145.65 — Guidelines Not Admissible In Evidence.

Section 145.66 — Penalty For Violation.

Section 145.67 — Protection Of Patient.

Section 145.671 — Pediatric Vaccine Administration.

Section 145.672 — Healthy Children Through Immunization.

Section 145.682 — Certification Of Expert Review; Affidavit.

Section 145.698 — Confinement Of Drug Dependent Person.

Section 145.711 — Definitions.

Section 145.712 — Requirements For Contact Lenses Prescriptions.

Section 145.713 — Optometrist And Physician Practices.

Section 145.7131 — Exception To Eyeglass Prescription Expiration.

Section 145.714 — Enforcement.

Section 145.851 — Definitions.

Section 145.852 — Identifying Devices For Persons Having Certain Conditions.

Section 145.853 — Duty Of Law Enforcement Officer.

Section 145.854 — Duty Of Medical Practitioners.

Section 145.855 — Duty Of Others.

Section 145.856 — Falsifying Identification Or Misrepresenting Condition; Penalty.

Section 145.857 — Other Duties.

Section 145.858 — Citation.

Section 145.867 — Persons Requiring Special Diets.

Section 145.87 — Home Visiting For Pregnant Women And Families With Young Children.

Section 145.88 — Purpose.

Section 145.8811 — Maternal And Child Health Advisory Task Force.

Section 145.882 — Maternal And Child Health Block Grant Distribution.

Section 145.8821 — Accountability.

Section 145.883 — Definitions.

Section 145.891 — Citation.

Section 145.892 — Definitions.

Section 145.893 — Nutritional Supplement Program.

Section 145.894 — State Commissioner Of Health; Duties, Responsibilities.

Section 145.895 — Department Of Human Services.

Section 145.896 — Program Not A Substitute Or Replacement.

Section 145.897 — Food Benefits.

Section 145.898 — Sudden Infant Death.

Section 145.899 — Wic Food Benefits For Organics.

Section 145.901 — Maternal Death Studies.

Section 145.902 — Give Life A Chance; Safe Place For Newborns Duties; Immunity.

Section 145.905 — Location For Breastfeeding.

Section 145.906 — Postpartum Depression Education And Information.

Section 145.907 — Maternal Depression; Definition.

Section 145.908 — Grant Program; Screening And Treatment For Pre- And Postpartum Mood And Anxiety Disorders.

Section 145.924 — Aids Prevention Grants.

Section 145.925 — Family Planning Grants.

Section 145.9255 — Minnesota Education Now And Babies Later; Health.

Section 145.9261 — Abstinence Education Grant Program.

Section 145.9265 — Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Effects; Drug-exposed Infant.

Section 145.9266 — Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Campaign And Education.

Section 145.9268 — Community Clinic Grants.

Section 145.9269 — Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Section 145.928 — Eliminating Health Disparities.

Section 145.929 — Health Care Grants For The Uninsured.

Section 145.93 — Minnesota Poison Information Centers; Establishment.

Section 145.94 — Exposure To Hazardous Substance.

Section 145.945 — Certain Sales Of Cleaning Products Prohibited.

Section 145.951 — Implementation Plan; Statewide Program For Families.

Section 145.952 — Definitions.

Section 145.953 — Program Structure.

Section 145.954 — Standards For Program.

Section 145.955 — Duties Of Local Organization.

Section 145.956 — Training And Recruitment Of Volunteers.

Section 145.957 — Eligibility.

Section 145.958 — Youth Violence Prevention.

Section 145.985 — Health Promotion And Wellness.

Section 145.986 — Statewide Health Improvement Program.