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Sex Offenders Required to Wear Blue Wristbands at Mayo Clinic

By Corey Rayburnyung

Convicted sex offenders who are receiving care at the Mayo Clinic will now be required to wear blue wristbands in order to identify them.  The rule also applies to other 'predatory offenders.'  From Rochester Post-Bulletin: Convicted sex and other predatory offenders getting care at Mayo Clinic now must wear blue wristbands as a way to identify them. That's the newly revised policy implemented to inform employees of the offender's status, said Adam Brase, Mayo Clinic spokesman. A year ago, state lawmakers added the health care facility notification requirement to the state's predatory offender registration law. Now, facilities are developing policies to comply. "It's so new we are going along and feeling our way to make sure we are doing it right,'' said Rochester police Lt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).