Visitation in health care facilities.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 142.70
in effect142.70. - Visitation in health care facilities.
(a) Patient designation. Where a health care facility restricts a patient's visitors, the health care facility shall allow every patient to name those individuals whom the patient wishes to allow to visit, unless:
(1) No visitors are allowed; or
(2) The facility determines that the presence of a particular visitor named by the patient would endanger the health or safety of a patient or patients, or would endanger the primary operations of the facility.
(b) Domestic partners who do not make designations. If a patient with whom visiting is restricted has not made the designation provided for in subsection (a), and if the patient has not indicated that she or he wishes no visitors, the facility must allow the patient's domestic partner, the children of the patient's domestic partner, or the domestic partner of the patient's parent or child to visit, unless:
(1) No visitors are allowed, or
(2) The facility determines that the presence of a particular visitor would endanger the health or safety of a patient or patients, or would endanger the primary operations of the facility.
(c) Health care facility defined. A "health care facility" for the purpose of this article is hospital, sanitarium, or other institution for the hospitalization or care of human beings licensed under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 144.50 to 144.56. (91-Or-015, § 1, 1-25-91)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT7CIRI_CH142CIRIDOPA_142.70VIHECAFAFetched: 11/2/2026