Laws

Statute – Advance Health Care Directive Act ( § 75-2A-101 – § 75-2A-1125)

Definitions – “Advance health care directive”: Includes: a designation of an agent to make health care decisions for an adult when the adult cannot make or communicate health care decisions; or an expression of preferences about health care decisions; may take one of the following forms: a written document, voluntarily executed by an adult in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; or a witnessed oral statement, made in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; and does not include a life with dignity order (§ 75-2A-103(2)).

Signing Requirements – The form must be witnessed by a “disinterested adult”, as mapped out in the language of the Utah Uniform Probate Code § 75-2A-107(c).

Revocation – (§ 75-2A-114)