Idaho Code 39-4511A – Revocation of Advance Care Planning Document
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(1) An advance care planning document (ACPD) may be revoked at any time by the maker thereof by any of the following methods:
(a) By being intentionally canceled, defaced, obliterated, burned, torn, or otherwise destroyed by the maker thereof, or by some person in his presence and by his direction;
(b) By a written signed revocation by the maker thereof expressing his intent to revoke;
(c) By an oral expression by the maker thereof expressing his intent to revoke; or
(d) By any other action that clearly manifests the maker’s intent to revoke the ACPD.
(2) The maker of the revoked ACPD is responsible for notifying his health care providers of the revocation. A health care provider who does not have actual knowledge of the revocation is entitled to rely on an otherwise apparently valid ACPD as though it had not been revoked.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-4511A
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114provider: means any person or entity licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by law to administer health care services in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession, including emergency or other medical services personnel. See Idaho Code 39-4502
(3) There shall be no criminal or civil liability on the part of any person for the failure to act upon a revocation of an ACPD made pursuant to this chapter unless that person has actual knowledge of the revocation.