{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-75a-9-118","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 75A-9-118","heading":"Limitations on powers.","body":"(1) If an individual has a long-term disability requiring routine treatment by artificial nutrition, hydration, or mechanical ventilation and a history of using the treatment without objection, an agent or default surrogate may not consent to withhold or withdraw the treatment unless:\n(a) the treatment is not necessary to sustain the individual's life or maintain the individual's well-being;\n(b) the individual has expressly authorized the withholding or withdrawal in a health care instruction that has not been revoked; or\n(c) the individual has experienced a major reduction in health or functional ability from which the individual is not expected to recover, even with other appropriate treatment, and the individual has not:\n(i) given a direction inconsistent with withholding or withdrawal; or\n(ii) communicated by verbal or nonverbal expression a desire for artificial nutrition, hydration, or mechanical ventilation.\n(2) A default surrogate may not make a health care decision if, under other law of this state, the decision:\n(a) may not be made by a guardian; or\n(b) may be made by a guardian only if the court appointing the guardian specifically authorizes the guardian to make the decision.","path":["Title 75A Fiduciaries","Chapter 75A-9 Uniform Health Care Decisions Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75A/Chapter9/75A-9-S118.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"6400fadd5bcf54a4409f01a8f9ff5665e199c5ed602a64fdc1c3b6ce796e27e0","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-75a-9-117","next":"us-ut/utah-code-75a-9-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}