Go to the reading A guide for readers Read the costs Check a licence Find a source Minneapolis Care notebook Open the menu + Getting oriented The opening page Open the notebook Visit notes Question notes The bill Budget notes Coverage notes Medicare notes Price notes Test notes Finding care Screen notes Clinic notes Licence notes Pharmacy notes The medicine Medicine notes Caution notes Red-flag notes Source notebook Clinic notes # Ask about care in the room An in-person visit is a setting for care. Ask what will actually happen there and who is responsible. ← The opening page ## Put a name beside the visit Request the name of the person doing the assessment and the person who could write a prescription. Ask for their professional title before paying. The Board of Medical Practice licenses Minnesota doctors and physician assistants; the Board of Nursing licenses nurses, as checked October 1, 2026. ## Separate the assessment from the procedure Minnesota law checked October 1, 2026 treats giving a medicine, including a shot, as medical practice. A doctor may assign this work to trained staff within their allowed duties. Nurses may give drugs under a prescriber’s direction or an approved written care plan. Ask who decided on the treatment, who would give it and who answers if you have a concern. A treatment menu leaves those roles unclear. ### Ask what happens after you leave Ask whether later questions go to the same person who treated you. Get the follow-up plan and its fees in writing before deciding. ## Compare care rather than surroundings Use the same questions for an office visit and a remote service. Ask for the medicine name, its reason, the assessment and the full cost. Keep this question Ask who assesses, who prescribes and who follows up. Source notes Minnesota’s medical-practice rules ↗ Minnesota licence verification ↗ Another leaf to turn Licence notes → A Minneapolis care guide lives here, not a clinic or a seller of medicine. Take some questions Return to the bill Open the source notebook