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§43A-11-108.


§43A-11-108.
   
   A. It shall be the responsibility of the declarant to provide for
   delivery of the advance directive for mental health treatment to the
   attending physician or psychologist.
   
   1. In the event the declarant is comatose, incompetent, or otherwise
   mentally or physically incapable after executing the advance directive
   for mental health treatment, any other person may deliver the advance
   directive for mental health treatment to the attending physician or
   psychologist.
   
   2. Any person having possession of another person's advance directive
   for mental health treatment and who becomes aware that the declarant
   is in circumstances under which the terms of the advance directive for
   mental health treatment may become operative shall deliver the advance
   directive for mental health treatment to the declarant's attending
   physician, psychologist or to any health care facility in which the
   declarant is a patient.
   
   B. An attending physician, psychologist or health care facility
   notified of the advance directive for mental health treatment of a
   declarant shall promptly make the declaration a part of the medical
   records of the declarant.
   
   C. An attending physician or other mental health treatment provider
   who has been notified of the existence of an advance directive for
   mental health treatment executed pursuant to this act shall make all
   reasonable efforts to obtain the advance directive for mental health
   treatment.
   

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