Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D § 4

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 201D:4 - Duties of health care proxy

The health care proxy shall:

(i) identify the principal and the health care agent;

(ii) indicate that the principal intends the agent to have authority to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf;

(iii) describe the limitation, if any, that the principal intends to impose upon the agent's authority; and

(iv) indicate that the agent's authority shall become effective if it is determined pursuant to section six that the principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 4