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<br />Minnesota Statutes 2005, Chapter 18B. <br /> <br />Page 40 of 42 <br /> <br />(e) Records must be retained for five years after the date <br />of treatment. <br /> <br />(d) A copy of the record must be given to a person who <br />ordered the application that is present at the site where the <br />structural pest control application is conducted, placed in a <br />conspicuous location at the site where the structural pest <br />control application is conducted immediately after the <br />application of the pesticides, or delivered to the person who <br />ordered an application or the owner of the site. The <br />commissioner must make sample forms available that meet the <br />requirements of this subdivision. <br /> <br />Subd. 4. Storage, handling, and disposal plan. A <br />commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control applicator <br />or the business that the applicator is employed by must develop <br />and maintain a plan that describes its pesticide storage, <br />handling, and disposal practices. The plan must be kept at a <br />principal business site or location within this state and must <br />be submitted to the commissioner upon request on forms provided <br />by the commissioner. The plan must be available for inspection <br />by the commissioner. <br /> <br />Subd. 5. Inspection of records. The commissioner may <br />enter a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control <br />applicator's business and inspect the records required in this <br />section at any reasonable time and may make copies of t~e <br />records. Unless required for enforcement of this chapter, the <br />information in the records in this section is private or <br />nonpublic. <br /> <br />Subd. 6. Access to pesticide application information. <br />(a) A physician licensed to practice in Minnesota, or a <br />Minnesota licensed veterinarian, may submit a request to the <br />commissioner for access to available information on the <br />application of pesticides by a commercial or noncommercial <br />pesticide applicator related to a course of diagnosis, care, or <br />treatment of a patient under the care of the physician or <br />veterinarian. <br /> <br />(b) A request for pesticide application information under <br />this subdivision must include available details as to the <br />specific location of a known or suspected application that <br />occurred on one or more specified dates and times. The request <br />must also include information on symptoms displayed by the <br />patient that prompted the physician or veterinarian to suspect <br />pesticide exposure. The request must indicate that any <br />information discovered will become part of the confidential <br />patient record and will not be released publicly. <br /> <br />(c) Upon receipt of a request under paragraph (a), the <br />commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, <br />shall promptly review the information contained in the request <br />and determine if release of information held by the department <br />may be beneficial for the medical diagnosis, care, and treatment <br />of the patient. <br /> <br />(d) The commissioner may release to the requester available <br />information on the pesticide. The commissioner shall withhold <br /> <br />http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/binlgetpub. php?pubtype=ST A T ~ CHAP &year=current... <br /> <br />4/21/2006 <br />