TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 21. MENTALLY ILL

Part 13. Mental Health Care Advance Directives

Prohibited Elements

53-21-1311. Prohibited elements. A directive may not:

(1) create an entitlement to mental health treatment or other medical treatment;

(2) obligate any health care provider, professional person, health care facility, or insurer to pay the costs associated with the treatment requested;

(3) obligate any health care provider, professional person, or health care facility to be responsible for services outside the scope of services the person or facility normally provides; or

(4) bind any person who is not a provider of health care services to confer any benefit on the principal.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 329, L. 2011.