The Medical Power Of Attorney

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INFORMATION CONCERNING
(DISCLOSURE STATEMENT)
THE MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT.
BEFORE SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT,
YOUR SHOULD KNOW THESE IMPORTANT FACTS:
Except to the extent you state otherwise, this document gives the person you name as your agent
the authority to make any and all health care decisions for you in accordance with your wishes, including
your religious and moral beliefs, when you are no longer capable of making them yourself. Because
"health care" means any treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat your physical or
mental condition, your agent has the power to make a broad range of health care decisions for you. Your
agent may consent, refuse to consent, or withdraw consent to medical treatment and may make decisions
about withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatment. Your agent may not consent to voluntary
inpatient mental health services, convulsive treatment, psychosurgery, or abortion. A physician must
comply with your agent's instructions or allow you to be transferred to another physician.
Your agent's authority begins when your doctor certifies that you lack the competence to make
health care decisions.
Your agent is obligated to follow your instructions when making decisions on your behalf. Unless
you state otherwise, your agent has the same authority to make decisions about your health care as you
would have had.
It
is important that you discuss this document with your physician or other health care provider
before you sign it to make sure that you understand the nature and range of decisions that may be made
on your behalf. If you do not have a physician, you should talk with someone else who is knowledgeable
about these issues and can answer your questions. You do not need a lawyer's assistance to complete this
document, but if there is anything in this document that you do not understand, you should ask a lawyer
to explain it to you.
The person you appoint as agent should be someone you know and trust. The person must be 18
years of age or older or a person under 18 years of age who has had the disabilities of minority removed.
If you appoint your health or residential care provider (e.g., your physician or an employee of a home
health agency, hospital, nursing home, or residential care home, other than a relative), that person has to
choose between acting as your agent or as your health or residential care provider; the law does not permit
a person to do both at the same time.
You should inform the person you appoint that you want the person to be your health care agent.
You should discuss this document with your agent and your physician and give each a signed copy. You
should indicate on the document itself the people and institutions who have signed copies. Your agent is
not liable for health care decisions made in good faith on your behalf.
Even after you have signed this document, you have the right to make health care decisions for
yourself as long as you are able to do so and treatment cannot be given to you or stopped over your
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