{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.56.140","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.56.140","heading":"Limitation of liability.","body":"(a) A person who, in good faith, either acts in reliance on an authorization in a supported decision-making agreement or declines to honor an authorization in a supported decision-making agreement is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for\n(1) complying with an authorization in a supported decision-making agreement, if the person is complying based on an assumption that the underlying supported decision-making agreement was valid when made and has not been terminated under AS 13.56.080;\n(2) declining to comply with an authorization in a supported decision-making agreement if the person is declining based on actual knowledge that the supported decision-making agreement is invalid or has been terminated under AS 13.56.080;\n(3) declining to comply with an authorization related to health care in a supported decision-making agreement, if the person is declining because the action proposed to be taken under the supported decision-making agreement is contrary to the good faith medical judgment of the person or to a written policy of a health care institution that is based on reasons of conscience.\n(b) In this section, “good faith” means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable standards of fair dealing.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 56. Supported Decision-Making Agreements."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.56.140","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"ce6085589681685682159e320470fb220c1f607777927e5c8091e32c0c82b91a","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.56.130","next":"us-ak/as-13.56.150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}