Chapter 145B — Minnesota Living Will Act

145B.01 Citation This section gives the official short name for Chapter 145B. It can be called the 'Minnesota Living Will Act.' 145B.011 Application of Chapter This section says that Chapter 145B only covers living wills that were signed before August 1, 1998. If someone signed a … 145B.02 Definitions This section defines important words used throughout the Living Will Act. It explains what terms like 'living will,' … 145B.03 Living Will This section explains how to properly create a living will in Minnesota. You must be an adult and able to make … 145B.04 Suggested Form This section provides the recommended form for a living will in Minnesota. It includes the exact language you can use to … 145B.05 When Operative This section explains when a living will goes into effect. It becomes active when your doctor determines you have a … 145B.06 Compliance With Living Will This section requires health care providers to follow the instructions in a valid living will. If a provider cannot … 145B.07 Transfer of Care This section explains how to cancel or change a living will. You can revoke your living will at any time, regardless of … 145B.08 Access to Medical Information by Proxy This section covers how your living will should be recorded and who should be told about it. The living will should be … 145B.09 Revocation This section protects health care providers from lawsuits when they follow a living will in good faith. Providers who … 145B.10 This section creates penalties for people who tamper with or forge a living will. It is illegal to hide, destroy, or … 145B.105 Penalties This section says that health care instructions you give by speaking can still be valid. These oral instructions must be … 145B.11 Effect on Insurance This section prevents insurance companies from requiring or denying a living will as a condition of insurance. No … 145B.12 What if There is No Living Will or Proxy? This section makes clear that following a living will is not the same as suicide, assisted suicide, or mercy killing. … 145B.13 Reasonable Medical Practice Required This section says that living wills created before this law was passed can still be valid. If an earlier living will … 145B.14 Certain Practices Not Condoned This section addresses the relationship between living wills and organ donation. It says that treatment needed to keep … 145B.15 Recognition of Previously Executed Living Will This section addresses what happens when a person with a living will is pregnant. A living will that calls for stopping … 145B.16 Recognition of Document Executed in Another State This section says that the Living Will Act does not take away any other legal rights you have about medical decisions. … 145B.17 Existing Rights This section requires health care facilities to create written policies about living wills. Facilities must have …