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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 24, 2023 Page 14 Councilmember Strahan wanted to make it clear to the public that the regulations are already in effect and the Council is just adjusting and making amendments to an existing structure within the City. Mayor Roe explained the Council talked about changing exception number two in 309.03 and he thought there was still a bit of a problem with it, which is the reference to being licensed by the Board of Medical Practice. That is because when looking at the different types of practices that are listed, these are actually licensed by specific boards for those practices, such as physical therapy. He was double checking the language in State Statute about that because he wanted to be sure. He thought the Council may want to change it to say something to the effect of "licensed by a State Board governing the medical practice", and then may actually want to look at actual listings of specific practices. Councilmember Strahan asked if it should say "a Minnesota State Board" as opposed to just"a State Board". Mayor Roe thought because the City was in Minnesota that would be apparent,but he deferred comment to City Attorney Tierney. City Attorney Tierney thought when she wrote this, the other licenses all fell into the Department of Health, which is the issuing authority. But for medical doctors, it is actually the Board of Medical Practice and that is why she singled out the Board of Medical Practice. Mayor Roe liked the fact that the practices are still listed. Mr.Trudgeon indicated he meant to remove those when he made his edits.He noted Attachment C, which is the clean version, does not have practices listed. Mayor Roe thought the notion of striking out the requirement that the treatment be administered on the premises of a medical of health business, which is under the City's exemptions, does not seem to allow that exempted behavior to happen in people's homes. He asked if the Council was okay with striking out that it has to be on medical premises. The Council agreed to strike out that wording. Mayor Roe summarized the changes during this discussion were that transfer was removed altogether and the Council wants to look at adding the wording"in public view", on 309.06a and on 309.06b, noting the Council could leave"police officer" in or replace that with"City enforcement official". Mr. Trudgeon explained the wording could be that or"representative of the issuing authority or designee or City Police Department"in 309.06c.