Durable Power Of Attorney Arkansas

Power of Attorney and Health Care - General - Arkansas

28-68-104: Power of Attorney is Durable

As used in this subchapter, a power of attorney created under this chapter is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal. Arkansas has adopted the Uniform Power of Attorney Act.

28-68-109: When power of attorney effective

(a)A power of attorney is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency.
(b)If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency, the principal, in the power of attorney, may authorize one or more persons to determine in a writing or other record that the event or contingency has occurred.
(c)If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the principal's incapacity and the principal has not authorized a person to determine whether the principal is incapacitated, or the person authorized is unable or unwilling to make the determination, the power of attorney becomes effective upon a determination in a writing or other record by:
(1)a physician or licensed psychologist that the principal is incapacitated within the meaning of 28-68-102(5)(A); or
(2)an attorney at law, a judge, or an appropriate governmental official that the principal is incapacitated within the meaning of 28-68-102(5)(B).
(d)A person authorized by the principal in the power of attorney to determine that the principal is incapacitated may act as the principal's personal representative pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Sections 1171 through 1179 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1320d, as it existed on January 1, 2011, and applicable regulations, to obtain access to the principal's health-care information and communicate with the principal's health-care provider.

28-68-110: Termination of power of attorney or agent's authority

(a) A power of attorney terminates when:
(1) the principal dies;
(2) the principal becomes incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable;
(3)the principal revokes the power of attorney;
(4)the power of attorney provides that it terminates;
(5)the purpose of the power of attorney is accomplished; or
(6)the principal revokes the agent's authority or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated, or resigns, and the power of attorney does not provide for another agent to act under the power of attorney.
(b)An agent's authority terminates when:
(1)the principal revokes the authority;
(2)the agent dies, becomes incapacitated, or resigns;
(3)an action is filed for the dissolution or annulment of the agent's marriage to the principal or their legal separation, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides; or
(4)the power of attorney terminates.
(c)Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent's authority is exercisable until the authority terminates under subsection (b), notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney.
(d)Termination of an agent's authority or of a power of attorney is not effective as to the agent or another person that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal's successors in interest.
(e)Incapacity of the principal of a power of attorney that is not durable does not revoke or terminate the power of attorney as to an agent or other person that, without actual knowledge of the incapacity, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal's successors in interest.
(f)The execution of a power of attorney does not revoke a power of attorney previously executed by the principal unless the subsequent power of attorney provides that the previous power of attorney is revoked or that all other powers of attorney are revoked.