75A-9-109. Relationship of advance mental health care directive and other advance health care directive.
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Effective 1/1/2026
75A-9-109. Relationship of advance mental health care directive and other advance health care directive.
(1)If a direction in an advance mental health care directive of an individual conflicts with a direction in another advance health care directive of the individual, the later direction revokes the earlier direction to the extent of the conflict.
(a)An appointment of an agent to make decisions only for mental health care for an individual does not revoke an earlier appointment of an agent to make other health care decisions for the individual.
(b)A later appointment revokes the authority of an agent under the earlier appointment to make decisions about mental health care unless otherwise specified in the power of attorney making the later appointment.
(3)An appointment of an agent to make health care decisions for an individual other than decisions about mental health care made after appointment of an agent authorized to make only mental health care decisions does not revoke the appointment of the agent authorized to make only mental health care decisions.
Enacted by Chapter 439 , 2025 General Session