1/1/2026Enacted by Chapter 439, 2025 General Session2025Limitations on powers.If an individual has a long-term disability requiring routine treatment by artificial nutrition, hydration, or mechanical ventilation and a history of using the treatment without objection, an agent or default surrogate may not consent to withhold or withdraw the treatment unless:the treatment is not necessary to sustain the individual's life or maintain the individual's well-being;the individual has expressly authorized the withholding or withdrawal in a health care instruction that has not been revoked; orthe individual has experienced a major reduction in health or functional ability from which the individual is not expected to recover, even with other appropriate treatment, and the individual has not:given a direction inconsistent with withholding or withdrawal; orcommunicated by verbal or nonverbal expression a desire for artificial nutrition, hydration, or mechanical ventilation.A default surrogate may not make a health care decision if, under other law of this state, the decision:may not be made by a guardian; ormay be made by a guardian only if the court appointing the guardian specifically authorizes the guardian to make the decision.