As Amended
SEC. 41-41-171. Revocation of power.
(1) At any time while the principal has the capacity to give a durable power of attorney for health care, the principal may do any of the following:
(a) Revoke the appointment of the attorney in fact under the durable power of attorney for health care by notifying the attorney in fact in writing;
(b) Revoke the authority granted to the attorney in fact to make health care decisions by notifying the health care provider in writing.
(2) If the principal notifies the health care provider in writing that the authority granted to the attorney in fact to make health care decisions is revoked, the health care provider shall make the notification a part of the principal's medical records.
(3) It is presumed that the principal has the capacity to revoke a durable power of attorney for health care.
(4) Unless it provides otherwise, a valid durable power of attorney for health care revokes any prior durable power of attorney for health care.
(5) If authority granted by a durable power of attorney for health care is revoked under this section, a person is not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for acting in good faith reliance upon the durable power of attorney unless the person has actual knowledge of the revocation.
SOURCES: Laws, 1990, ch. 571, Sec. 11, eff from and after July 1, 1990.