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Utah Code § 75A-9-108: Advance mental health care directive.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 75A Fiduciaries
  2. Chapter 75A-9 Uniform Health Care Decisions Act

(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.

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