<section number="75A-9-115"><effdate>1/1/2026</effdate><histories><history>Enacted by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">439</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Validity of advance health care directive -- Conflict with other law.</catchline><subsection number="75A-9-115(1)">An advance health care directive created outside this state is valid if it complies with:<subsection number="75A-9-115(1)(a)">the law of the state specified in the directive or, if a state is not specified, the state in which the individual created the directive; or</subsection><subsection number="75A-9-115(1)(b)">this chapter.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="75A-9-115(2)">A person may assume without inquiry that an advance health care directive is genuine, valid, and still in effect, and may implement and rely on it, unless the person has good cause to believe the directive is invalid or has been revoked.</subsection><subsection number="75A-9-115(3)">An advance health care directive, revocation of a directive, or a signature on a directive or revocation may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.</subsection><subsection number="75A-9-115(4)">Evidence relating to an advance health care directive, revocation of a directive, or a signature on a directive or revocation may not be excluded in a proceeding solely because the evidence is in electronic form.</subsection><subsection number="75A-9-115(5)">This chapter does not affect the validity of an electronic record or signature that is valid under Title 46, Chapter 4, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. </subsection><subsection number="75A-9-115(6)">If this chapter conflicts with other law of this state relating to the creation, execution, implementation, or revocation of an advance health care directive, this chapter prevails.</subsection></section>