Minnesota Statutes
§ 145B.17 — EXISTING RIGHTS
Minnesota § 145B.17
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Bluebook
Minn. Stat. § 145B.17 (2026).
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Nothing in this chapter impairs or supersedes the existing rights of any patient or any other legal right or legal responsibility a person may have to begin, continue, withhold, or withdraw health care. Nothing in this chapter prohibits lawful treatment by spiritual means through prayer in lieu of medical or surgical treatment when treatment by spiritual means has been authorized by the declarant.
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Legislative History
1989 c 3 s 17
Nearby Sections
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§ 145B.01
CITATION§ 145B.011
APPLICATION OF CHAPTER§ 145B.02
DEFINITIONS§ 145B.03
LIVING WILL§ 145B.04
SUGGESTED FORM§ 145B.05
WHEN OPERATIVE§ 145B.06
COMPLIANCE WITH LIVING WILL§ 145B.07
TRANSFER OF CARE§ 145B.09
REVOCATION§ 145B.105
PENALTIES§ 145B.11
EFFECT ON INSURANCE§ 145B.13
REASONABLE MEDICAL PRACTICE REQUIRED§ 145B.14
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Bluebook (online)
Minnesota § 145B.17, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mn/145B/145B.17.