Utah Code 75-2a-123. Pregnancy
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(1) A health care directive that provides for the withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures has no force during the course of a declarant‘s pregnancy.
Terms Used In Utah Code 75-2a-123
- Agent: means an adult designated in an advance health care directive to make health care decisions for the declarant. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
- Declarant: means an adult who has completed and signed or directed the signing of an advance health care directive. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
- Health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to improve, maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
(2) Subsection (1) does not negate the appointment of a health care agent during the course of a declarant’s pregnancy.