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§ 5806. Penalties

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and FiduciariesEffective: January 31, 2005

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 58. Mental Health Care
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Effective: January 31, 2005
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 5806
§ 5806. Penalties
Currentness
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a felony of the third degree by willfully:
(1) Concealing, canceling, altering, defacing, obliterating or damaging a declaration without the consent of the declarant.
(2) Concealing, canceling, altering, defacing, obliterating or damaging a mental health power of attorney or any amendment or revocation thereof without the consent of the principal.
(3) Causing a person to execute a declaration or power of attorney under this chapter by undue influence, fraud or duress.
(4) Falsifying or forging a mental health power of attorney or declaration or any amendment or revocation thereof, the result of which is a direct change in the mental health care provided to the principal.
(b) Removal and liability.--An agent who willfully fails to comply with a mental health power of attorney may be removed and sued for actual damages.

Credits

2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1525, No. 194, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 31, 2005].
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 5806, PA ST 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 5806
Current through Act 39 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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