This form 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 when you are no longer capable of making them yourself.
Washington Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
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Washington
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WA-P015
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A living will is only valid if you are unable to communicate your wishes. A health care power of attorney gives someone else (the proxy) the ability to make decisions for you regarding your health care. Unlike a living will, it applies to both end-of-life treatment as well as other areas of medical care.
In California and in many other states, there are POA forms specific to healthcare, and medical decisions are excluded from the general durable POAs. This means you can designate one person to be your agent for health decisions, and another for financial or legal decisions.
In California and in many other states, there are POA forms specific to healthcare, and medical decisions are excluded from the general durable POAs. This means you can designate one person to be your agent for health decisions, and another for financial or legal decisions.
A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care allows you to appoint a person or persons to make health care decisions if you cannot act for yourself.A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is broader because it can apply to any condition you may have or treatment you may need.
Power of Attorney broadly refers to one's authority to act and make decisions on behalf of another person in all or specified financial or legal matters.Durable POA is a specific kind of power of attorney that remains in effect even after the represented party becomes mentally incapacitated.
A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care allows you to appoint a person or persons to make health care decisions if you cannot act for yourself.A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is broader because it can apply to any condition you may have or treatment you may need.
While Washington law does not require that a power of attorney be witnessed or notarized, it is recommended because many other states do and a power of attorney will only be recognized in another state if that state's requirements are met.
In California and in many other states, there are POA forms specific to healthcare, and medical decisions are excluded from the general durable POAs. This means you can designate one person to be your agent for health decisions, and another for financial or legal decisions.