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Title 75A - Fiduciaries
Chapter 9 - Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
Section 119 - Co-agents -- Alternate agent.
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UT Code § 75A-9-119 (2025)
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Effective 1/1/2026
75A-9-119. Co-agents -- Alternate agent.
Enacted by Chapter 439, 2025 General Session
75A-9-119. Co-agents -- Alternate agent.
- (1)
- (a)An individual in a power of attorney for health care may appoint multiple individuals as co-agents.
- (b)Unless the power of attorney provides otherwise, each co-agent may exercise independent authority.
- (2)An individual in a power of attorney for health care may appoint one or more individuals to act as alternate agents if a predecessor agent resigns, dies, becomes disqualified, is not reasonably available, or otherwise is unwilling or unable to act as agent.
- (3)Unless the power of attorney provides otherwise, an alternate agent has the same authority as the original agent:
- (a)at any time the original agent is not reasonably available or is otherwise unwilling or unable to act, for the duration of the unavailability, unwillingness, or inability to act; or
- (b)if the original agent and all other predecessor agents have resigned or died or are disqualified from acting as agent.
Enacted by Chapter 439, 2025 General Session
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