Utah Code Title 75A. Fiduciaries § 75A-3-304. Presumption of validity of advance health care directive

(1) An advance health care directive executed under this chapter is presumed valid and binding.

(2) A health care provider and a health care facility, in the absence of notice to the contrary, shall presume that a declarant who executed an advance health care directive, whether or not in the presence of a health care provider, had the required decision making capacity at the time the declarant signed the directive.

(3) The fact that a declarant executed an advance health care directive shall not be construed as an indication that the declarant was suffering from mental illness or lacked decision making capacity.