Subdivision 1. Local agency. Upon receipt of a written nomination, the commissioner shall promptly order the local agency of the county in which the proposed person subject to public guardianship resides to coordinate or arrange for a comprehensive evaluation of the proposed person subject to public guardianship.
Subd. 2. Medication; treatment. A proposed person subject to public guardianship who, at the time the comprehensive evaluation is to be performed, has been under medical care shall not be so under the influence or so suffer the effects of drugs, medication, or other treatment as to be hampered in the testing or evaluation process. When in the opinion of the licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant attending the proposed person subject to public guardianship, the discontinuance of medication or other treatment is not in the best interest of the proposed person subject to public guardianship, the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant shall record a list of all drugs, medication, or other treatment that the proposed person subject to public guardianship received 48 hours immediately prior to any examination, test, or interview conducted in preparation for the comprehensive evaluation.
Subd. 3. Time. The local agency shall prepare and forward the comprehensive evaluation to the commissioner within 90 days of the date the commissioner orders the evaluation.
Subd. 4. File. The comprehensive evaluation shall be kept on file at the Department of Human Services and shall be open to the inspection of the proposed person subject to public guardianship and other persons permitted by the commissioner.
1975 c 208 s 4; 1977 c 415 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 185 art 1 s 14,15; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 98; 2021 c 30 art 13 s 14-16; 2022 c 58 s 120
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 252A — Developmental Disability Protection
Section 252A.01 — Policy And Citation.
Section 252A.02 — Definitions.
Section 252A.03 — Nomination Of Commissioner As Guardian.
Section 252A.04 — Comprehensive Evaluation.
Section 252A.05 — Commissioner's Petition For Appointment As Public Guardian.
Section 252A.06 — Petition For Appointment Of Public Guardian.
Section 252A.07 — Filing Of Comprehensive Evaluation.
Section 252A.081 — Notice Of Hearing.
Section 252A.09 — Appointment Of Counsel.
Section 252A.111 — Powers And Duties Of Public Guardian.
Section 252A.12 — Appointment Of Public Guardian Not A Finding Of Incompetency.
Section 252A.14 — Commissioner As Advisor.
Section 252A.16 — Annual Review.
Section 252A.17 — Effect Of Succession In Office.
Section 252A.171 — Transfer Of Venue.
Section 252A.19 — Modification Of Guardianship; Restoration To Legal Capacity.