What gives the Minnesota Department of Health the authority to collect data?
The general authority for the Commissioner of Health to collect data is found in Minnesota Statutes 144.05. The general data practices act, which limits our ability to collect and share data, is found in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13. The administrative procedures act is found in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 14 and defines the process agencies use to apply statutory authority to their programs. Each programmatic area has it’s own specific statutory and rulemaking authority that includes the ability to collect data. A list of administrative rules promulgated by the Minnesota Department of Health is available. The corresponding statutory authority to create these rules is identified and linked at the end of each rule part. Additional information about Constitutional and other legal questions that impact health data collection and use can be found in Lawrence O. Gostin’s Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (Berkely: University of California Press, 2000).
The general authority for the Commissioner of Health to collect data is found in Minnesota Statutes 144.05. The general data practices act, which limits our ability to collect and share data, is found in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13. The administrative procedures act is found in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 14 and defines the process agencies use to apply statutory authority to their programs. Each programmatic area has it’s own specific statutory and rulemaking authority that includes the ability to collect data. A list of administrative rules promulgated by the Minnesota Department of Health is available. The corresponding statutory authority to create these rules is identified and linked at the end of each rule part. Additional information about Constitutional and other legal questions that impact health data collection and use can be found in Lawrence O. Gostin’s Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000).
