{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-06.5-18","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 23-06.5-18","heading":"Penalties","body":"1.A person who, without authorization of the principal, willfully alters or forges a health care directive or willfully conceals or destroys a revocation with the intent and effect of causing a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures which hastens the death of the principal is guilty of a class C felony.\n2.A person who, without authorization of the principal, willfully alters, forges, conceals, or destroys a health care directive or willfully alters or forges a revocation of a health care directive is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.\n3.The penalties provided in this section do not preclude application of any other penalties provided by law.","path":["Title 23 Health And Safety","Chapter 23-06.5 Health Care Directives"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c06-5.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"1dc1a4ff78d310bad1ec45a587940ed305646f686325b7b4840e237604fc1f33","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-06.5-17","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-06.5-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}