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29If one chooses to complete a Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care, it
will replace any other advance directive for health care, durable power of
attorney for health care, health care proxy, or living will that currently is in
place. One may choose not to complete this form and his/her current Living
Will and/or Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care form, if valid now,
remains valid.
A Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care is Never Required
Definitions:
(1) 'Advance directive for health care' means a written document
voluntarily executed by a declarant in accordance with the requirements of
Code Section 31-32-5.
(2)
'Attending
physician'
means
the
physician
who
has
primary
responsibility at the time of reference for the treatment and care of the
declarant.
(3) 'Declarant' means a person who has executed an advance directive for
health care authorized by this chapter.
(4) 'Durable power of attorney for health care' means a written document
voluntarily executed by an individual creating a health care agency in
accordance with Chapter 36 of this title; as such chapter existed on and
before June 30, 2007.
(5) 'Health care' means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to
maintain, diagnose, treat, or provide for a declarant´s physical or mental
health or personal care.
(6) 'Health care agent' means a person appointed by a declarant to act for
and on behalf of the declarant to make decisions related to consent, refusal,
or withdrawal of any type of health care and decisions related to autopsy,
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