(1) A health care professional or health care institution acting in good faith is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for: (a) complying with a health care decision made for an individual by another person if compliance is based on a reasonable belief that the person has authority to make the decision, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care; (b) refusing to comply with a health care decision made for an individual by another person if the refusal is based on a reasonable belief that the person lacked authority or capacity to make the decision; (c) complying with an advance health care directive based on a reasonable belief that the directive is valid; (d) refusing to comply with an advance health care directive based on a reasonable belief that the directive is not valid, including a reasonable belief that the directive was not made by the individual or, after its creation, was substantively altered by a person other than the individual who created it; or (e) determining that an individual who otherwise might be authorized to act as an agent or default surrogate is not reasonably available. (2) An agent, default surrogate, or individual with a reasonable belief that the individual is an agent or a default surrogate is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for a health care decision made in a good faith effort to comply with Section 75A-9-116.
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