Power of attorney for doctor

[KCZ]

You can complete a POA form naming a friend or family member as your POA and give the form to your doctor, but you can't give the doctor the authority to be your POA.

[Roselvr]

Originally Posted by KCZ

You can complete a POA form naming a friend or family member as your POA and give the form to your doctor, but you can't give the doctor the authority to be your POA.

Does someone have a link that I can read about it? I just searched google, nothing came up. It's being suggested in another thread.

Originally Posted by Parnassia

The 5 Wishes document is very helpful when first sitting down to decide what you think you do or don't want, but there are quite a few similar forms that cover the same or more ground available. Every local hospital I've used could offer something. I gave the 5 Wishes packet to my dad who was unwilling to do this very essential work for himself. The family used it as a discussion tool primarily. The manner in which the questions are presented felt somewhat childish IMHO. Obviously that's personal. When I prepared my own health directive I read through a number of other templates and finally composed one that incorporated statements from several. Important to make sure you use one that's accepted by your state of residence. Its important to understand why your GP cannot act as your proxy in general.

It did the job for us. I also have one written by doctors and nurses from the cancer center my dad went to. I'm not sure if I ever typed it out or not. That one was very detailed about breathing and feeding tubes.

[Medical Lab Guy]

Originally Posted by Roselvr

Does someone have a link that I can read about it? I just searched google, nothing came up. It's being suggested in another thread.

We are talking about state law so you have to go by your state. In California the state code that it is leaned in is section 4659 from Calif.gov,

Section 4659. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), none of the following persons may make health care decisions as an agent under a power of attorney for health care or a surrogate under this division:
(1) The supervising health care provider or an employee of the health care institution where the patient is receiving care.
(2) An operator or employee of a community care facility or residential care facility where the patient is receiving care.
(b) The prohibition in subdivision (a) does not apply to the following persons:
(1) An employee, other than the supervising health care provider, who is related to the patient by blood, marriage, or adoption, or is a registered domestic partner of the patient.
(2) An employee, other than the supervising health care provider, who is employed by the same health care institution, community care facility, or residential care facility for the elderly as the patient.
(c) A conservator under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) may not be
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designated as an agent or surrogate to make health care decisions by the conservatee, unless all of the following are satisfied:
(1) The advance health care directive is otherwise valid.
(2) The conservatee is represented by legal counsel.
(3) The lawyer representing the conservatee signs a certificate stating in
substance:

https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/formsandpubs...-08_Encl_2.pdf