Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 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.Acts 1987, No. 713, § 9; 1999, No. 1536, § 5.