75A-9-108. Advance mental health care directive.
(1) An individual may create an advance health care directive that addresses only mental health care for the individual. The directive may include a health care instruction, a power of attorney for health care, or both.
(2) A health care instruction under this section may include the individual's: general philosophy and objectives regarding mental health care; or specific goals, preferences, and wishes regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of a form of mental health care, including: preferences regarding professionals, programs, and facilities; admission to a mental-health facility, including duration of admission; preferences regarding medications; refusal to accept a specific type of mental health care, including a medication; and preferences regarding crisis intervention.
(3) A power of attorney for health care under this section may appoint an agent to make decisions only for mental health care.