Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 75A-3-308 - Illegal destruction or falsification of advance health care directive(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person: (a) willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages an advance health care directive of another without the declarant's consent; or(b) falsifies, forges, or alters a health care directive or a revocation of the advance health care directive of another person.(2) A person is guilty of criminal homicide if:(a) the person: (i) falsifies or forges the advance health care directive of an adult; or(ii) willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of: (A) the existence of an advance health care directive;(B) the revocation of an advance health care directive; or(C) the disqualification of a surrogate; and(b) the actions described in Subsection (2)(a) cause a withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures contrary to the wishes of a declarant resulting in the death of the declarant.Renumbered from § 75-2a-118 and amended by Chapter 364, 2024 General Session ,§ 91, eff. 9/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 107, 2008 General Session.