Utah Code 75-2a-124. Provisions cumulative with existing law
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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-2a-124
- 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 75-2a-103
- Minor: means an individual who:
(a) is under 18 years old; and (b) is not an emancipated minor. 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 The 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.Amended by Chapter 107, 2008 General Session