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DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE: PATIENT GUIDELINES
Introduction
A new law in California allows you to choose someone to make
health care decisions for you if for some reason you become
unable to make those decisions for yourself. The person you
select will be able to make decisions such as what types of
medical care or how much treatment you should receive in the
event you are in a coma or mentally incapacitated, or are
otherwise unable to make your own health care decisions.
To take advantage of this law, all you have to do is complete a
document which is called "Durable Power of Attorney for Health
Care". The law allows you to select someone to make health care
decisions for you by simply filling in a special form. You may
ask a lawyer to help you if you wish, but a lawyer is generally
not required.
This pamphlet provides some general answers to common questions
concerning the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. If you
have questions which are not answered by this pamphlet or by the
further material which your doctor may provide, you should talk
to a lawyer.
1. Why should I complete a Durable Power of Attorney for Health
Care?
The major reason to complete a Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care is to help insure that your wishes are respected
in the event you become unable to make your own health care
decisions. You may choose someone you trust. you may also
include written instructions in the form which will help
make your desires clear to your family, friends, and doctor.
In addition, a properly completed Durable Power of Attorney
for Health Care provides legal protection which encourage
these individuals to do what you would want them to.
2. Is a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care different
from a "living Will" or a "Directive to Physicians"?
Yes. Both a "Living Will" and a "Directive to Physicians"
permit you to state your wishes not to be given
"extraordinary" treatment if you are terminally ill and if
the treatment would only artificially prolong the dying
process. However, California law does not recognize the so-
called "Living Will", and it thus provides little assurance
that your wishes will be carried out. There are no special
legal protection for doctors who voluntarily choose to
follow your instructions as stated in the "Living Will".
A properly completed "Directive to Physicians" under the
California Natural Death Act can be followed by your doctors
who are given legal protection for their actions. However,
a "directive" applies only when death is imminent, and is
useful only if you wish to direct that life-sustaining
procedure will be withheld.
A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care allows you to
state your desires not to be given "extraordinary" treatment
if you are terminally ill just as you could do in a "Living
Will" or Directive to Physicians". However, unlike a
"Living Will" there are special legal protection for doctors
who follow the decisions made by the person you appoint and
instruct in the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
form. Unlike either the "Living Will" and the "Directive to
Physicians", The Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
applies in all situations in which you are unable to make
health care decisions for yourself, not just when you are
terminally ill. In addition, a Durable Power of Attorney
for Health Care allows you to state any desires you may have
concerning your health care, including a desire that you
receive maximum treatment when you are terminally ill.
Finally, only a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
allows you to choose someone to make health care decisions
for you. By choosing someone you trust and who knows you
well, and by discussing your health care desires with the
person you have selected, you can best insure that your
wishes will be respected if an unforseen illness or injury
leaves you unable to make your own health care decisions.
3. Can any adult complete a valid Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care?
Yes. Any California resident who is at least eighteen (18)
years old and of sound mind, and acting of his or her own
free will, may complete a valid Durable Power of Attorney
for Health Care.
4. Who can I appoint to make health care decisions for me?
You may choose almost any adult to make health care
decisions for you. You may select a member of your family.
Such as your spouse or child, friend, or someone else you
trust. Before you fill out a Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care form, you should discuss the matter with the
person you have chosen and make sure that the person
understands and agrees to take this responsibility .
You may identify more than one person who is willing to make
health care decisions for you. If the first person you
select cannot be found or refuses to become involved, your
doctor may rely on decisions made by one of these other
individuals. do not choose a person who refuses to
participate. In addition, the law prohibits you from
appointing certain people to act as your agent. You may not
choose your doctor or a person who operates a community care
facility. The law also prohibits you from appointing an
employee of your doctor or of the health facility in which
you are being treated or a person employed by an community
care facility, except that you may choose a person who is so
employed if that person is related to you by blood, marriage
or adoption.
5. Will I have control over the decisions made by the person I
appoint in the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
form.
Yes. A number of safeguards are built into the law to
protect you if you complete the Durable Power of Attorney
for Health Care form.
a. The person to make decisions for you will be the person
you have chosen.
B. The person you select may make health care decisions
for you only if you are in a coma or mentally
incapacitated or for some other reason are unable to
make your own decision.
C. You may terminate the Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care by simply telling your doctor or the person
you appointed to make health care decisions for you
that you no longer want the Durable Power of Attorney
to be effective.
D. A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is
generally valid for a maximum of seven (7) years, and
you must complete a new Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care Form if you wish to be covered after the
expiration date.
E. If you get divorced after completing a Durable Power of
Attorney for Health Care form in which you have named
your spouse as the person to make decisions for you,
that selection is automatically revoked.
F. You may include written instructions in the Durable
Power of Attorney for Health Care form, and you may
tell the person you have chosen to make health care
decisions for you, or your doctor, what you desire.
These instructions will be legally binding.
G. If the person you have chosen to make health care
decisions for you decides to remove or withhold life-
sustaining treatment, your doctor must try to discover
if you object, and may not withhold or remove treatment
necessary to keep you alive if you object.
H. The person you choose to make health care decisions for
you may not agree to:
(1) Commitment or placement in a mental health
treatment facility.
(2) Convulsive treatment.
(3) Psychosurgery.
(4) Sterilization.
(5) Abortion.
I. If the particular situation is not covered by any
written instructions in the Durable Power of Attorney
for Health Care form nor anything you have told your
doctor or the person you have chosen to make these
decisions, the person you have appointed must make
decisions based on your "best interests".
6. Can anyone force me to sign a Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care?
No. The law specifically says that no one may deny you
insurance for health care services because you choose not to
complete a form, nor require you to complete a form before
admitting you into a hospital or health care facility.
7. Can I get more information on the Durable Power of Attorney
for Health Care?
Yes. Your doctor can probably provide you with more
information, as well as a Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care form which meets the legal requirements. This
information is made available by the California Medical
Association as a public service. You should talk to a
lawyer if you want legal advice.
DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR HEALTH CARE
(California Civil Code Sections 2410-2433)
This is a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care form. By
filling in this form, you can select someone to make health care
decisions for you if for some reason you become unable to make
those decisions for yourself. A properly completed form provides
the best legal protection available to help ensure that your
wishes will be respected.
READ THIS FORM CAREFULLY BEFORE FILLING IT OUT. EACH PARAGRAPH
IN THE FORM CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU
FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS SO THAT YOUR WISHES MAY BE CARRIED OUT.
The following checklist is provided to help you fill out this
form correctly. You may use this checklist to double check
sections you may be unsure of as you fill in the form. You may
also use this checklist to help make sure you have completed the
form properly. If you have properly completed this form, you
should be able to answer yes to each question in the checklist.
1. I am a California resident who is at least 18 years
old, of sound mind and acting on my own free will.
2. The individuals I have selected as my agent and
alternate agents to make health care decisions for me
are at least 18 years old and are not:
o My treating health care provider.
o An employee of my treating health care provider,
unless the employee is related to me by blood,
marriage or adoption.
o An operator of a community care facility
(Community care facilities are sometimes called
board and care homes. If you are unsure whether a
person you are thinking of selecting operates a
community care facility, you should ask that
person.).
o An employee of a community care facility, unless
the employee is related to me by blood, marriage
or adoption.
3. I have talked with the individuals I have selected as
my agent and alternate agents and these individuals
have agreed to participate. (You may select someone who
is not a California resident to act as your agent or
alternate agent, but you should consider whether
someone who lives far away will be available to make
decisions for you if and when that may become
necessary.)
4. I have read the instructions and completed paragraphs
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to reflect my desires.
5. I have signed and dated the form.
6. I have either had the form notarized; or
had the form properly witnessed:
1. I have obtained the signatures of two adult
witnesses who personally know me.
2. Neither witness is:
o My agent or alternate agent designated
in this form.
o A health care provider, or the employee
of a health care provider.
o A person who operates or is employed by
a community care facility.
3. At least one witness is not related to me by
blood, marriage, or adoption, and is not
named in my will or so far as I know entitled
to any part of my estate when I die.
7. I HAVE GIVEN A COPY OF THE COMPLETED FORM TO THOSE
PEOPLE INCLUDING MY AGENT ALTERNATE AGENTS, FAMILY
MEMBERS AND DOCTOR, WHO MAY NEED THIS FORM IN CASE AN
EMERGENCY REQUIRES A DECISION CONCERNING MY HEALTH
CARE.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
8. Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities.
If I am a patient in a skilled nursing facility. I
have obtained the signature of a patient advocate or
ombudsman. (If you are not sure whether you are in a
skilled nursing facility, you should ask the people
taking care of you.)
9. Conservatees under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.
If I am a conservatee under the Lanterman-Petris-Short
Act and want to select my conservator as my agent or
alternate agent to make health care decisions, I have
obtained a lawyer's certification. (If you are not sure
whether the person you wish to select as your agent is
your conservator under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act,
you should ask that person.
If you change your mind about who you would like to make health
care decisions for you, or about any of the other statements you
have made in this form, you should take all of the following
steps: 1. Complete a new form with the changes you desire; 2.
Tell everyone who got a copy of the old form that it is no longer
valid and ask that copies of the old form be returned to you so
you may destroy them; 3. Give copies of the new form to the
people who may need the form to carry out your wishes as
described above in number 7. If after reading this material you
still have unanswered questions, you should talk to your doctor
or a lawyer.
DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
(California Civil Code Sections 2410-2443)
WARNING TO PERSON EXECUTING THIS DOCUMENT
This is an important legal document. before executing this
document, you should know these important facts:
This document gives the person you designate as your agent (the
attorney-in-fact) the power to make health care decisions for
you. Your agent must act consistently with your desires as
stated in this document or otherwise made known.
Except as you otherwise specify in this document, this document
gives your agent the power to consent to your doctor not giving
treatment or stopping treatment necessary to keep you alive.
Notwithstanding this document, you have the right to make medical
and other health care decisions for yourself so long as you can
give informed consent with respect to the particular decision.
In addition, no treatment may be given to you over you objection,
and health care necessary to keep you alive may not be stopped or
withheld if you object at the time.
This document gives your agent authority to consent, to refuse to
consent, or to withdraw consent to any care, treatment, service,
or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat a physical or mental
condition. This power is subject to any statements of your
desires and any limitations that you include in this document.
You may state in this document any types of treatments that you
do not desire. In addition, a court can take away the power of
your agent to make health care decisions for you if your agent
(1) authorizes anything that is illegal, (2) acts contrary to
your known desires or (3) where your desires are not known, does
anything that is clearly contrary to your best interests.
Unless you specify a shorter period in this document, this power
will exist for seven years from the date you execute this
document and, if you are unable to make health care decisions for
yourself at the time when this seven-year period ends, this power
will continue to exist until the time when you become able to
make health care decisions for yourself.
You have the right to revoke the authority of your agent by
notifying your agent or the treating doctor, hospital, or other
health care provider orally or in writing of the revocation.
Your agent has the right to examine your medical records and to
consent to their disclosure unless you limit this right in this
document.
Unless you otherwise specify in this document, this document
gives your agent the power after you die to (1) Authorize an
autopsy, (2) donate your body parts thereof for transplant or
therapeutic or educational or scientific purposes, and (3) direct
the disposition of your remains.
If there is anything in this document that you do not understand,
you should ask a lawyer to explain it to you.
1. CREATION OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE
By this document I intend to create a durable power of attorney,
by appointing the person designated above to make health care
decisions for me as allowed by Sections 2410 to 2443, inclusive,
of the California Civil Code. This power of attorney shall not
be affected by my subsequent incapacity.
2. DESIGNATION OF HEALTH CARE AGENT
(Insert the name and address of the person you wish to designate
as your agent to make health care decisions for you. None of the
following may be designated as your agent: (1) your treating
health care provider, (2) a nonrelative employee of your treating
health care provider, (3) an operator of a community care
facility, or (4) a nonrelative employee of an operator of a
community care facility.)
I,
(insert your name)
do hereby designate and appoint:
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number: as my attorney-in-
fact (agent) to make health care decisions for me as authorized
in this document.
3. GENERAL STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY GRANTED
If I become incapable of giving informed consent to health care
decisions, I hereby grant to my agent full power and authority to
make health care decisions for me including the right to consent,
refuse consent, or withdraw consent to any care, treatment,
service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose or treat a physical
or mental condition, and to receive and to consent to the release
of medical information, subject to the statement of desires,
special provisions and limitations set out in paragraph 4.
4. STATEMENT OF DESIRES, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, AND LIMITATIONS
(Your agent must make health care decisions that are consistent
with your known desires. You can, but are not required to, state
your desires in the space provided below. You should consider
whether you want to include a statement of your desires
concerning decisions to withhold or remove life-sustaining
treatment. For your convenience, some general statements
concerning the withholding and removal of life-sustaining
treatment are set out below. If you agree with one of these
statements, you may INITIAL that statement. READ ALL OF THESE
STATEMENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU SELECT ONE TO INITIAL. You can
also write your own statement concerning life-sustaining
treatment and/or matters relating to your health care. BY LAW,
YOUR AGENT IS NOT PERMITTED TO CONSENT ON YOUR BEHALF TO ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING: COMMITMENT TO OR PLACEMENT IN A MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT FACILITY, CONVULSIVE TREATMENT, PSYCHOSURGERY,
STERILIZATION OR ABORTION. In every other respect, your agent
may make health care decisions for you to the same extent you
could make them for yourself if you were capable of doing so. If
you want to limit in any other way the authority given your agent
by this document, you should state the limits in the space below.
If you do not initial one of the printed statements or write your
own statement, your agent will have the broad powers to make
health care decisions on your behalf which are set forth in
paragraph 3, except to the extent that there are limits provided
by law.)
I do not want my
life to be prolonged
and I do not want
life-sustaining
treatment to be
provided or
continued if the
burdens of the
treatment outweigh
the expected
benefits. I want my
agent to consider
the relief of
suffering and the
quality as well as
the extent of the
possible extension
of my life in making
decisions concerning
life-sustaining
treatment.
If this statement
reflects your
desires, initial
here .
I want my life to be
prolonged and I want
life-sustaining
treatment to be
provided unless I am
in a coma which my
doctors reasonably
believe to be
irreversible. Once
my doctors have
reasonably concluded
I am in an
irreversible coma, I
do not want life-
sustaining treatment
to be provided or
continued.
If this statement
reflects your
desires, initial
here .
I want my life to be
prolonged to the
greatest extent
possible without
regard to my
condition, the
chances I have for
recovery or the cost
of the procedure.
If this statement
reflects your
desires, initial
here .
Other additional statements or desires, special provisions, or
limitations.
(You may attach additional pages if you need more space to
complete your statement. If you attach additional pages you must
DATE and SIGN EACH PAGE.)
5. CONTRIBUTION OF ANATOMICAL GIFT
(You may choose to make a gift of all or part of your body to a
hospital, physician, or medical school for scientific,
educational, therapeutic or transplant purposes. Such a gift is
allowed by California's Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. If you do
not make such a gift, you may authorize your agent to do so, or a
member of your family may make a gift unless you give them notice
that you do not want a gift made. In the space below you may
make a gift yourself or state that you do not want to make a
gift. If you do not complete this section, your agent will have
the authority to make a gift of all or part of your body under
the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.)
If either statement reflects your desires, sign on the line next
to the statement. You do not have to sign either statement. If
you do not sign either statement, your agent and your family will
have the authority to make a gift of all or part of your body
under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
( ) Pursuant to the Uniform
Signature Anatomical Gift Act, I hereby give,
effective upon my death:
___ Any needed organ or parts; or
___ The parts or organs listed:
( ) I do not want to make a gift
Signature under the Uniform Anatomical Gift
Act, nor do I want my agent or
family to do so.
6. AUTOPSY AND DISPOSITION OF MY REMAINS
I understand that my agent will be able to authorize an autopsy
(an examination of my body after my death to determine the cause
of my death) and to direct the disposition of my remains unless I
limit that authority in this document. I also understand that my
agent or any other person who directs the disposition of my
remains must follow any instructions I have given in a written
contract for funeral services, my will or by some other method.
(OPTIONAL: If you do not want your agent to be involved in these
matters, you should state your desires concerning an autopsy and
the person you would like to direct the disposition of your
remains. If any of the statements below reflect your desires,
sign next to that statement. If none of these statements reflect
your desires and you want to limit the authority of your agent to
consent to an autopsy and/or to dispose of your remains, you
should write your statement in paragraph 4, above.)
Autopsy
( ) I hereby consent to
(signature) an examination of my body after my
death to determine the cause of my
death.
( ) My agent may not authorize an
(signature) autopsy.
Disposition of Remains
( ) My agent may not direct the
(signature) disposition of my remains and I
would prefer that
(name and address)
direct the disposition of my
remains.
( ) I have described the way I want
(signature) my remains disposed of in (circle
one):
1. A written contract for funeral
services with
(name of mortuary cemetery)
2. My will
3. Other:
7. DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATE AGENTS
(You are not required to designate any alternate agents but you
may do so. Any alternative you designate will be able to make
the same health care decisions as the agent designated in
Paragraph 2, above, in the event that agent is unable or
unwilling to act as your agent. Also, if the agent designated in
Paragraph 2 is your spouse, his or her designation as your agent
is automatically revoked by law if your marriage is dissolved.)
If the person designated in Paragraph 2 as my agent is not
available and willing to make health care decisions for me, then
I designate the following persons to serve as my agent to make
health care decisions for me as authorized in this document, such
persons to serve in the order listed below:
A. First Alternative Agent
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number:
B. Second Alternative Agent
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number:
8. DURATION
I understand that this power of attorney will exist for seven
years from the date I execute this document unless I establish a
shorter time. If I am unable to make health care decisions for
myself when this power of attorney expires, the authority I have
granted my agent will continue to exist until the time when I
become able to make health care decisions for myself.
(Optional) I wish to have this power of attorney end before seven
years on the following date: .
(Fill in this space ONLY if you want the authority of your agent
to end EARLIER then the seven-year period described above.)
9. NOMINATION OF CONSERVATOR OF MY PERSON
(A conservator of the person may be appointed for you if a court
decides that you are unable to properly provide for your personal
needs for physical health, food, clothing or shelter. The
appointment of a conservator may affect, or transfer to the
conservator your right to control your physical care, including
under some circumstances your right to make health care
decisions. You are not required to nominate a conservator but
you may do so. The court will appoint the person you nominate
unless that would be contrary to your best interests. You may,
but are not required to, nominate as your conservator the same
person you named in paragraph 2 as your health care agent. You
can nominate an individual as your conservator by completing the
space below.)
If a conservator of the person is to be appointed for me. I
nominate the following individual to serve as conservator of the
person:
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number:
10. PRIOR DESIGNATION REVOKED
I revoke any prior durable power of attorney for health care.
Date and Signature of Principal
(YOU MUST DATE AND SIGN THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY)
I sign my name to this Durable Power of Attorney for Health
Care on at
(Date)
, .
(City) (State)
(Signature of Principal)
(THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL NOT BE VALID FOR MAKING HEALTH CARE
DECISIONS UNLESS IT IS EITHER: (1) SIGNED BY TWO QUALIFIED ADULT
WITNESSES WHO ARE PERSONALLY KNOWN TO YOU AND WHO ARE PRESENT
WHEN YOU SIGN OR ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIGNATURE OR (2) ACKNOWLEDGE
BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC IN CALIFORNIA.)
CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NOTARY PUBLIC
(You may use acknowledgement before a notary public instead of
the statement of witness which appears on the following page.)
State of California )
) ss.
County of )
On this day of , in the year ,
before me,
(here insert name of notary public)
personally appeared
(here insert name of principal)
Personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed
to this instrument, and acknowledged that he or she executed it.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the person whose name is
subscribed to this instrument appears to be of sound mind and
under no duress, fraud, or undue influence.
NOTARY SEAL
(Signature of Notary Public)
STATEMENT OF WITNESSES
(If you elect to use witnesses instead of having this document
notarized, you must use two qualified adult witnesses. None of
the following may be used as a witness: (1) a person you
designate as your agent or alternate agent, (2) a health care
provider, (3) an employee of a health care provider, (4) the
operator of a community care facility, (5) an employee of an
operator of a community care facility. At least one of the
witnesses must make the additional declaration set out following
the place where the witnesses sign.)
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of California
that the person who signed or acknowledged this document is
personally known to me to be the principal, that the principal
signed or acknowledged this durable power of attorney in my
presence, that the principle appears to be of sound mind and
under no duress, fraud or undue influence, that I am not the
person appointed as attorney-in-fact by this document, and that I
am not a health care provider, an employee of a health care
provider, the operator of a community care facility, nor an
employee of an operator of a community care facility.
Signature: Residence Address:
Print Name:
Date:
Signature: Residence Address:
Print Name:
Date:
(AT LEAST ONE OF THE ABOVE WITNESSES MUST ALSO SIGN THE FOLLOWING
DECLARATION.)
I further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of
California that I am not related to the principle by blood,
marriage, or adoption, and, to the best of my knowledge I am not
entitled to any part of the estate of the principle upon the
death of the principle under a will now existing or by operation
of law.
Signature:
(optional second signature):
YOUR AGENT MAY NEED THIS DOCUMENT IMMEDIATELY IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY THAT REQUIRES A DECISION CONCERNING YOUR HEALTH CARE.
YOU SHOULD KEEP THE EXECUTED ORIGINAL DOCUMENT AND GIVE A COPY OF
THE EXECUTED ORIGINAL TO YOUR AGENT AND ANY ALTERNATE AGENTS.
YOU SHOULD ALSO GIVE A COPY TO YOUR DOCTOR, MEMBERS OF YOUR
FAMILY, AND ANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE LIKELY TO NEED A COPY
OF THIS FORM TO CARRY OUT YOUR WISHES. PHOTOCOPIES OF THIS
DOCUMENT CAN BE RELIED UPON AS THOUGH THEY WERE ORIGINALS.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
(Special additional requirements must be satisfied for this
document to be valid if (1) you are a patient in a skilled
nursing facility or (2) you are a conservatee under the
Lanterman-Petris-Short Act and you are appointing the conservator
as your agent to make health care decisions for you. If you are
not sure whether you are in a skilled nursing facility, which is
a special type of nursing home, ask the facility staff. If you
are not sure whether the person you want to choose as your health
care agent is your conservator under the Lanterman-Petris-Short
Act, ask that person.)
1. If you are a patient in a skilled nursing facility (as
defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1250(c)) at least
one of the witnesses must be a patient advocate or
ombudsman. The patient advocate or ombudsman must sign the
witness statement and must also sign the following
declaration:
I further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of
California that I am a patient advocate or ombudsman as
designated by the State Department of Aging and am serving as a
witness as required by subdivision (f) of Civil Code 2432.
Signature: Address:
Print Name:
Date:
2. If you are a conservatee under the Lanterman-Petris-Short
Act (of division 5 of the Welfare Institutions Code) and you
wish to designate your conservator as your agent to make
health care decisions, You must be represented by legal
counsel. Your lawyer must also sign the following
statement:
I am a lawyer authorized to practice law in the state where this
power of attorney was executed. I have advised my client
concerning his or her rights in connection with this power of
attorney and the applicable law and consequences of signing or
not signing this power of attorney, and my client, after being so
advised, has executed this power of attorney.
Signature: Address:
Print Name:
Date:
California Medical Association
P.O. Box 7690, San Francisco 94120-7690