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Minn. Stat. § 145B.17

Existing Rights

Minnesota · Minnesota Statutes Chapter 145B — Living Will · Status: effective

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Minn. Stat. § 145B.17, Existing Rights, Minnesota, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1709855
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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.