Section 145.851 Definitions - Minnesota Statutes

145.851 DEFINITIONS.

In sections 145.851 to 145.858:

(a) "disabled condition" means the condition of being unconscious, semiconscious, incoherent, or otherwise incapacitated to communicate;

(b) "disabled person" means a person in a disabled condition;

(c) "the emergency symbol" means the caduceus inscribed within a six-barred cross used by the American Medical Association to denote emergency information;

(d) "identifying device" means an identifying bracelet, necklace, metal tag, or similar device bearing the emergency symbol and the information needed in an emergency;

(e) "medical practitioner" means a person licensed or authorized to practice medicine, osteopathy, and the healing arts.

History:

1973 c 428 s 1