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If you decide to appoint someone to help you with your case, you must tell us in writing. You can sign and submit a written statement appointing the person, or use our standard form SSA-1696, Appointment of Representative.

The Health Care Proxy Law lets you appoint a competent adult to make decisions about your medical treatment in the event you lose the ability to decide for yourself ? including decisions to remove or provide life-sustaining treatment. You can appoint a family member, a close friend, or anyone you choose.

Every competent adult shall have the right to appoint a health care agent by executing a health care proxy. The provision goes on to permit the appointment of an alternate agent, but does not speak of appointing multiple agents at the same time.

Two witnesses must watch you sign your Health Care Proxy form and say that you appeared to sign willingly. Neither your agent nor your alternate agent can serve as a witness. You do not need to have the form notarized.

A competent adult may revoke a New York health care proxy by: Notifying the agent or a health care provider orally or in writing or by any other act evidencing a specific intent to revoke the proxy; Execution by the principal of a subsequent health care proxy; or.

Revoking a Health Care Proxy A competent adult (and all adults are presumed competent unless there is a contrary court order) may revoke a health care proxy by notifying the agent or a health care provider: ... The execution of a new health care proxy supplants an older one.

If the patient has a health care proxy, the health care agent named in the proxy makes decisions. If a patient does not have a health care proxy, a legal guardian (or the person highest in priority from the surrogate list, known as ?the surrogate?) makes decisions.