Subdivision 1. Gross misdemeanor offenses. Whoever commits any of the following acts is guilty of a gross misdemeanor:
(1) willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates a health care directive of a principal without the consent of the principal;
(2) willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of a health care directive;
(3) falsifies or forges a health care directive or a revocation of the instrument;
(4) coerces or fraudulently induces another to execute a health care directive; or
(5) requires or prohibits the execution of a health care directive as a condition for being insured for or receiving all or some health care services.
Subd. 2. Felony offenses. Whoever commits an act prohibited under subdivision 1 is guilty of a felony if the act results in bodily harm to the principal or to the person who would have been a principal but for the unlawful act.
1993 c 312 s 14; 1998 c 399 s 25
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 145C — Health Care Directives
Section 145C.01 — Definitions.
Section 145C.02 — Health Care Directive.
Section 145C.03 — Requirements.
Section 145C.04 — Executed In Another State.
Section 145C.05 — Suggested Form; Provisions That May Be Included.
Section 145C.06 — When Effective.
Section 145C.07 — Authority And Duties Of Health Care Agent.
Section 145C.08 — Authority To Review Medical Records.
Section 145C.09 — Revocation Of Health Care Directive.
Section 145C.10 — Presumptions.
Section 145C.12 — Prohibited Practices.
Section 145C.14 — Certain Practices Not Condoned.
Section 145C.15 — Duty To Provide Life-sustaining Health Care.
Section 145C.16 — Suggested Form.
Section 145C.17 — Opioid Instructions Entered Into Health Record.