(a) Offense defined.-- A person commits a felony of the third degree by willfully: (1) Concealing, canceling, altering, defacing, obliterating or damaging a declaration without the consent of the declarant. (2) Concealing, canceling, altering, defacing, obliterating or damaging a mental health power of attorney or any amendment or revocation thereof without the consent of the principal. (3) Causing a person to execute a declaration or power of attorney under this chapter by undue influence, fraud or duress. (4) Falsifying or forging a mental health power of attorney or declaration or any amendment or revocation thereof, the result of which is a direct change in the mental health care provided to the principal. (b) Removal and liability.-- An agent who willfully fails to comply with a mental health power of attorney may be removed and sued for actual damages.
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