Terms Used In Utah Code 75-2a-118

• Adult: means an individual who is:

  (a)	at least 18 years old; or

  (b)

  an emancipated minor. See Utah Code 75-2a-103 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. 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 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Surrogate: means a health care decision maker who is: (a)  an appointed agent; (b)  a default surrogate under the provisions of Section 75-2a-108; or (c)  a guardian. See Utah Code 75-2a-103 (a)  willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages a health care directive of another without the declarant‘s consent; or (b)  falsifies, forges, or alters a health care directive or a revocation of the health care directive of another person.

  (2)

  A person is guilty of criminal homicide if: (a)  the person: (i)  falsifies or forges the health care directive of an adult; or (ii)  willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of: (A)  the existence of a health care directive; (B)  the revocation of a health care directive; or (C)  the disqualification of a surrogate; and (b)  the actions described in Subsection (2)(a) cause a withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures contrary to the wishes of a declarant resulting in the death of the declarant.

  Amended by Chapter 107, 2008 General Session