Section 145B.105 Penalties

145B.105 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 living will of a declarant without the consent of the declarant;

(2) willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of a living will;

(3) falsifies or forges a living will or a revocation of a living will;

(4) coerces or fraudulently induces another to execute a living will; or

(5) requires or prohibits the execution of a living will 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 declarant or to the person who would have been a declarant but for the unlawful act.

History:

1993 c 312 s 1