Title IV, PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)

1. A designee or third party who relies in good faith on a declaration is not subject to civil liability or to criminal prosecution or professional disciplinary action to any greater extent than if the designee or third party dealt directly with the declarant as a fully competent…

1. Except as provided in subsection 4 , the right to control final disposition of a decedent’s remains or to make arrangements for the ceremony after a decedent’s death vests in and devolves upon the following persons who are competent adults at the time of the decedent’s death, …

1. A declaration executed pursuant to this chapter may but need not be in the following form: I hereby designate ........................................ as my designee. My designee shall have the sole responsibility for making decisions concerning the final disposition of my rem…

1. A declaration is revocable by a declarant in a writing signed and dated by the declarant. 2. Unless otherwise expressly provided in a declaration: a. A dissolution of marriage, annulment of marriage, or legal separation between the declarant and the declarant’s spouse that occ…

A designee or person with the authority to control under this chapter shall forfeit all rights and authority under a declaration, or by operation of section 144C.5 , and all rights and authority under the declaration, or by operation of section 144C.5 , shall vest in and devolve …

Unless otherwise expressly provided in a declaration: 1. It is presumed that the declarant intended to have a declaration executed pursuant to this chapter have the full force and effect of law in any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any other territorial…