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Utah Code § 75A-9-108

Advance mental health care directive

Enacted by Chapter 439, 2025 General Session

(1)

(a) An individual may create an advance health care directive that addresses only mental health care for the individual.

(b) The directive may include a health care instruction, a power of attorney for health care, or both.

(2) A health care instruction under this section may include the individual's:

(a) general philosophy and objectives regarding mental health care; or

(b) specific goals, preferences, and wishes regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of a form of mental health care, including:

(i) preferences regarding professionals, programs, and facilities;

(ii) admission to a mental-health facility, including duration of admission;

(iii) preferences regarding medications;

(iv) refusal to accept a specific type of mental health care, including a medication; and

(v) preferences regarding crisis intervention.

(3) A power of attorney for health care under this section may appoint an agent to make decisions only for mental health care.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.