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Minn. Stat. § 609.348 (2026)

Medical Purposes; Exclusion

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Sections 609.342 to 609.3451; 609.3453; and Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, do not apply to sexual penetration or sexual contact when done for a bona fide medical purpose.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2013 · leading case: State v. Ahmed, 782 N.W.2d 253 (Minn. Ct. App. 2010).
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State v. Ahmed, 782 N.W.2d 253 (Minn. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 609.348, subd. l(h)(ii). For purposes of this statute, “sexual contact” is defined as “the intentional touching by the actor of the complainant’s intimate parts,” including the genital area, with “sexual or aggressive intent.”
State v. Juarez, 837 N.W.2d 473 (Minn. 2013). “§ 609.348, subd. l(e)(i), and therefore is not separate criminally significant conduct supporting a life sentence.”
State v. Wallace, 558 N.W.2d 469 (Minn. 1997). “185(2) (causing death while committing or attempting to commit first- or second-degree criminal sexual conduct with force or violence, either upon or affecting the person or another); attempted second-degree criminal sexual conduct under § 609.348, subd. 1(e) (sexual contact…”
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