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Section 5806 - Penalties

20 PA Cons Stat § 5806 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.

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Section 5806 - Penalties