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Title 75A - Fiduciaries
Chapter 9 - Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
Section 108 - Advance mental health care directive.
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UT Code § 75A-9-108 (2025)
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Effective 1/1/2026
75A-9-108. Advance mental health care directive.
Enacted by Chapter 439, 2025 General Session
75A-9-108. Advance mental health care directive.
- (1)
- (a)An individual may create an advance health care directive that addresses only mental health care for the individual.
- (b)The directive may include a health care instruction, a power of attorney for health care, or both.
- (2)A health care instruction under this section may include the individual's:
- (a)general philosophy and objectives regarding mental health care; or
- (b)specific goals, preferences, and wishes regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of a form of mental health care, including:
- (i)preferences regarding professionals, programs, and facilities;
- (ii)admission to a mental-health facility, including duration of admission;
- (iii)preferences regarding medications;
- (iv)refusal to accept a specific type of mental health care, including a medication; and
- (v)preferences regarding crisis intervention.
- (3)A power of attorney for health care under this section may appoint an agent to make decisions only for mental health care.
Enacted by Chapter 439, 2025 General Session
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