Utah Code 75A-3-104. Provisions cumulative with existing law
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Terms Used In Utah Code 75A-3-104
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- 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 75A-3-101
- Incapacitated: means the same as that term is defined in Section 75-1-201. See Utah Code 75A-3-101
- Minor: means an individual who:(22)(a) is under 18 years old; and(22)(b) is not an emancipated minor. See Utah Code 75A-3-101
- Person: means :
(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- State: means the same as that term is defined in Section
75-1-201 . See Utah Code 75A-3-101- Surrogate: means a health care decision maker who is:
(31)(a) an appointed agent;(31)(b) a default surrogate under the provisions of Section75A-3-203 ; or(31)(c) a guardian. See Utah Code 75A-3-101The provisions of this chapter are cumulative with existing law regarding a person‘s right to consent or refuse to consent to medical treatment and do not impair any existing rights or responsibilities that a health care provider, a person, including a minor or incapacitated person, or a person’s family or surrogate may have in regard to the provision, withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures under the common law or statutes of the state.
- Person: means :