§ 20-17-209 — Penalties

(a) A physician or other healthcare provider who willfully fails to transfer in accordance with § 20-17-207 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) A physician who willfully fails to record the determination of terminal condition or permanent unconsciousness in accordance with § 20-17-205 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (c) An individual who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the declaration of another without the declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (d) An individual who falsifies or forges the declaration of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation as provided in § 20-17-204 , is guilty of a Class D felony. (e) An individual who requires or prohibits the execution of a declaration as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, healthcare services is guilty of a Class D felony. (f) A person who coerces or fraudulently induces another to execute a declaration under this subchapter is guilty of a Class D felony. (g) The sanctions provided in this section do not displace any sanction applicable under other law.

Legislative History

Acts 1987, No. 713, § 9; 1999, No. 1536, § 5.