MN SF3419

Establishes the "Minnesota Expanded Health Care Practices Act" to allow licensed health care practitioners to provide complementary or alternative treatments that are not standard practice, provided treatments have reasonable potential benefit and do not pose greater risk than conventional alternatives.

Requires practitioners to disclose in writing their theoretical approach and credentials, obtain informed consent detailing nature, benefits, and material risks, and obtain written acknowledgment from patients before providing expanded health care services.

Provides protection against license revocation or disciplinary action for practitioners complying with this chapter who recommend or utilize expanded health care practices, refer patients to such practitioners, or provide cancer treatments without making unreasonable cure promises.

Establishes that regulatory authorities bear the burden of proof in disciplinary proceedings and must use expert witnesses with specialized knowledge in the same practice method being investigated.

Prohibits negligence claims against practitioners who obtain informed consent and comply with disclosure requirements, and prevents maltreatment of minors charges based solely on parental decisions to refuse chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation in favor of expanded health care practices.