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2025 Utah Code
Title 75A - Fiduciaries
Chapter 9 - Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
Section 122 - Immunity.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 75A-9-122 (2025)
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Effective 1/1/2026
75A-9-122. Immunity.
  • (1)A health care professional or health care institution acting in good faith is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for:
    • (a)complying with a health care decision made for an individual by another person if compliance is based on a reasonable belief that the person has authority to make the decision, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care;
    • (b)refusing to comply with a health care decision made for an individual by another person if the refusal is based on a reasonable belief that the person lacked authority or capacity to make the decision;
    • (c)complying with an advance health care directive based on a reasonable belief that the directive is valid;
    • (d)refusing to comply with an advance health care directive based on a reasonable belief that the directive is not valid, including a reasonable belief that the directive was not made by the individual or, after its creation, was substantively altered by a person other than the individual who created it; or
    • (e)determining that an individual who otherwise might be authorized to act as an agent or default surrogate is not reasonably available.
  • (2)An agent, default surrogate, or individual with a reasonable belief that the individual is an agent or a default surrogate is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for a health care decision made in a good faith effort to comply with Section 75A-9-116.


Enacted by Chapter 439, 2025 General Session
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