Minnesota Statutes Health (Ch. 144-159) § 147.381. Application of Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to existing laws

(a) Uniform rules developed by the Interstate Commission established undersection 147.38shall not be subject to the provisions ofsections 14.05to14.389.

(b) Complaints against physicians licensed in Minnesota under the expedited licensure process insection 147.38shall be handled as provided insections 214.10and214.103.

(c) All provisions ofsection 147.38authorizing or requiring the board to provide data to the Interstate Commission are authorized bysection 214.10, subdivision 8, paragraph (d).

(d) According to uniform rules developed by the Interstate Commission established undersection 147.38, the board is authorized to require a physician who has designated Minnesota as the state of principal license to submit to a national criminal background check. The criminal background check shall be conducted as provided insection 214.075. The board shall use the criminal background check data to evaluate a physician's eligibility for a letter of qualification pursuant tosection 147.38, and shall not disseminate this data to the Interstate Commission. A physician seeking expedited licensure in Minnesota undersection 147.38who has not designated Minnesota as the state of principal license is exempt from the requirements ofsection 214.075if the state of principal license has required a criminal background check for the physician within the last 12 months.