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§43A-11-109.


§43A-11-109.
   
   A. An advance directive for mental health treatment may be revoked in
   whole or in part by the declarant at any time while the declarant is
   capable by any of the following methods:
   
   1. By being destroyed by the declarant or by some person in the
   declarant's presence and at the declarant's direction;
   
   2. By a written revocation signed and dated by the declarant
   expressing the declarant's intent to revoke;
   
   3. By a declarant's unambiguous verbal expression, in the presence of
   two witnesses eighteen (18) years of age or older, of an intent to
   revoke the declaration; or
   
   4. By a declarant's unambiguous verbal expression to an attending
   physician or psychologist.
   
   B. The revocation shall become effective upon communication to the
   attending physician or psychologist by the declarant or by both
   witnesses. The attending physician or psychologist shall record the
   time, date, and place when the notification of the revocation was
   received.
   
   C. In the absence of actual notice of the revocation of an advance
   directive for mental health treatment, no attending physician or
   psychologist, health care facility or other person acting under the
   direction of an attending physician or psychologist shall be subject
   to criminal prosecution or civil liability or be deemed to have
   engaged in unprofessional conduct as a result of the provision of
   medical treatment to a declarant in accordance with the Advance
   Directives for Mental Health Treatment Act unless the absence of
   actual notice resulted from the negligence of the health care
   provider, physician, or other person.
   

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