Community Auth verify_min_level logging users out?

I see in the source that verify_min_level() calls authentication->check_login() which clears the session vars if the minlevel is not reached.

Is this intended behaviour? Because right now I have a use-case whereby some additional content is displayed at say minlevel 6, on a protected page where lower level users can still see the rest of the content.

but doing verify_min_level logs all lower level users out as a result