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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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