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Utah Uniform Probate Code | |
Advance Health Care Directive Act | |
Section 118 | Illegal destruction or falsification of health care directive. |
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75-2a-118. Illegal destruction or falsification of health care directive. (1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person: (a) willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages a health care directive of another without the declarant's consent; or (b) falsifies, forges, or alters a health care directive or a revocation of the health care directive of another person. (2) A person is guilty of criminal homicide if: (a) the person: (i) falsifies or forges the health care directive of an adult; or (ii) willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of: (A) the existence of a health care directive; (B) the revocation of a health care directive; or (C) the disqualification of a surrogate; and (b) the actions described in Subsection (2)(a) cause a withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures contrary to the wishes of a declarant resulting in the death of the declarant.
Amended by Chapter 107, 2008 General Session |
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