2005 Minnesota Statutes - 609.3785 — Unharmed newborns left at hospitals; avoidance of prosecution.

     609.3785 Unharmed newborns left at hospitals; avoidance 
  of prosecution. 


    A person may leave a newborn with a hospital employee at a 
 hospital in this state without being subjected to prosecution 
 for that act, provided that: 


    (1) the newborn was born within 72 hours of being left at 
 the hospital, as determined within a reasonable degree of 
 medical certainty; 


    (2) the newborn is left in an unharmed condition; and 


    (3) in cases where the person leaving the newborn is not 
 the newborn's mother, the person has the mother's approval to do 
 so. 


    HIST: 2000 c 421 s 3