2005 Minnesota Statutes - 145C.13 — Penalties.

     145C.13 Penalties. 


    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. 


    HIST: 1993 c 312 s 14; 1998 c 399 s 25