{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-75a-9-108","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 75A-9-108","heading":"Advance mental health care directive.","body":"(1)\n(a) An individual may create an advance health care directive that addresses only mental health care for the individual.\n(b) The directive may include a health care instruction, a power of attorney for health care, or both.\n(2) A health care instruction under this section may include the individual's:\n(a) general philosophy and objectives regarding mental health care; or\n(b) specific goals, preferences, and wishes regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of a form of mental health care, including:\n(i) preferences regarding professionals, programs, and facilities;\n(ii) admission to a mental-health facility, including duration of admission;\n(iii) preferences regarding medications;\n(iv) refusal to accept a specific type of mental health care, including a medication; and\n(v) preferences regarding crisis intervention.\n(3) A power of attorney for health care under this section may appoint an agent to make decisions only for mental health care.","path":["Title 75A Fiduciaries","Chapter 75A-9 Uniform Health Care Decisions Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75A/Chapter9/75A-9-S108.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"2ae57645f391ba71c452c0f5cca532e2417ced7cb0fc97d50c965779dae8fb5c","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-75a-9-107","next":"us-ut/utah-code-75a-9-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}