{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.52.040","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.52.040","heading":"Decisions by guardian.","body":"(a) Subject to AS 13.52.183, 13.52.193, and 13.52.203, a guardian shall comply with the ward's individual instructions and may not revoke a ward's advance health care directive executed before the ward's incapacity unless a court expressly authorizes the revocation.\n(b) Unless there is a court order to the contrary, a health care decision of an agent takes precedence over that of a guardian.\n(c) Except as provided in (a) of this section, a health care decision made by a guardian for the ward is effective without judicial approval.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.52.040","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"8f1aad3d280a2b3d51c1074edb360e9170713b9e43e060964451b64372bf7202","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.52.030","next":"us-ak/as-13.52.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}