Michigan Revocation of Health Care Proxy

You can give a person complete authority to make all decisions, or limit them significantly to make only specific decisions.If you want specificity, it is better to do that in your living will, which the person with a durable power of attorney cannot override.

The living will. Durable power of attorney for health care/Medical power of attorney. POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. Organ and tissue donation.

False. Naming a health care agent proxy does not take away any of your authority. You always have the right, while you are still competent, to override the decision of your proxy or revoke the directive.

A living will is a vital part of the estate plan. You can alter it as your preferences and needs change over time.But your family cannot override your living will. They cannot take away your authority to make your own treatment and care plans.

Healthcare advance directives should state both what you do want and what you don't want.You retain the right to override the decisions or your representative, change the terms of your living will or POA, or completely revoke an advance directive.

A person with power of attorney (POA) cannot change a will.Under a POA, the agent can have limited authority, such as paying bills on someone else's behalf, or broad powers, such as managing all finances or medical care of someone. For a last will and testament, only the person drafting the document can make changes.

A health care proxy, also known as a health care surrogate or medical power of attorney, allows you to designate another person, known as an agent or proxy, to legally make health care decisions for you if you cannot do so yourself.An advance directive works in conjunction with a health care proxy.

Who determines whether the individual has become unable to participate in medical treatment decisions? The individual's attending physician and a second physician or licensed psychologist make that determination. MCL 700.5508(1).

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.