75A-9-122. Immunity.
(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: 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; 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; complying with an advance health care directive based on a reasonable belief that the directive is valid; 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 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