23-06.5-07. Revocation

23-06.5-07. Revocation 1. A health care directive is revoked: a. By notification by the principal to the agent or a health care or long-term care services provider orally, or in writing, or by any other act evidencing a specific intent to revoke the directive; or b. By execution by the principal of a subsequent health care directive. 2. A principal's health care or long-term care services provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of a health care directive shall immediately record the revocation in the principal's medical record and notify the agent, if any, the attending physician, and staff responsible for the principal's care of the revocation. 3. Unless otherwise provided in the health care directive, if the spouse is the principal's agent, the divorce of the principal and spouse revokes the appointment of the divorced spouse as the principal's agent.