DURABLEPOWEROFATTORNEY
NOTICE
THEPURPOSEOFTHISPOWEROFATTORNEYISTOGIVETHEPERSONYOUDESIGNATE(YOUR“AGENT”)BROADPOWERS,WHICHMAYINCLUDEPOWERSTOMAKEDECISIONSRELATINGTOYOURHEALTHCARE,WITHOUTADVANCENOTICETOYOUORAPPROVALBYYOU.
THISPOWEROFATTORNEYDOESNOTIMPOSEADUTYONYOURAGENTTOEXERCISEGRANTEDPOWERS,BUTWHENPOWERSAREEXERCISED,YOURAGENTMUSTUSEDUECARETOACTFORYOURBENEFITANDINACCORDANCEWITHTHISPOWEROFATTORNEY.
YOURAGENTMAYEXERCISETHEPOWERSGIVENHERETHROUGHOUTYOURLIFETIME,INCLUDINGAFTERYOUBECOMEINCAPACITATED,UNLESSYOUEXPRESSLYLIMITTHEDURATIONOFTHESEPOWERSORYOUREVOKETHESEPOWERSORACOURTACTINGONYOURBEHALFTERMINATESYOURAGENT’SAUTHORITY.
ACOURTCANTAKEAWAYTHEPOWERSOFYOURAGENTIFITFINDSYOURAGENTISNOTACTINGPROPERLY.
THEPOWERSANDDUTIESOFANAGENTUNDERAPOWEROFATTORNEYAREEXPLAINEDMOREFULLYIN20PA.C.S.CH.56.
IFTHEREISANYTHINGABOUTTHISFORMTHATYOUDONOTUNDERSTAND,YOUSHOULDASKALAWYEROFYOUROWNCHOOSINGTOEXPLAINITTOYOU.
IHAVEREADORHADEXPLAINEDTOMETHISNOTICEANDIUNDERSTANDITS
CONTENTS.
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KNOWALLMENBYTHESEPRESENTS:
That I,
of
County,Pennsylvania,do
constituteandappoint of County,Pennsylvaniatobemytrueandlawfulattorneyhavingfullpowertoactforme,andinmyname,placeandstead,but onlyintheeventIshouldbecomeincompetenttogivemyconsenttothefollowingactsorthings:
(1)Toauthorizemedicalandsurgicalprocedures.
(2) TOMAKEDECISIONSASTOWHETHERORNOTTOENROLLMEASAHUMANSUBJECTASPARTOFABIOMEDICALORBEHAVIORALRESEARCHPROJECTORSTUDY,ANDIGRANTTHISAUTHORITYUNDERTHISPOWEROFATTORNEYWITHTHEKNOWLEDGETHATTHEREMAYBENOBENEFITTOMEIFIBECOMEAPARTICIPANTINSUCHARESEARCHPROJECTORSTUDYANDTHATMYCONDITIONMAYWORSENASARESULTOFSUCHPARTICIPATION.
AndIherebyratifyandconfirmallthatmysaidattorneyshalllawfullydoorcausetobedonebyvirtueofthepowersconferredbythisDurablePowerofAttorney,includinganythingdonebetweenitsrevocationbymydeathorbywritteninstrumentexecutedbymepriortomydeath,andnoticeofsaidrevocationreachingmyattorney;provided,however,thatasagainstmeandallpersonsclaimingunderme,everythingwhichmyattorneyshalldoorcausetobedoneunderthisDurablePowerofAttorneysubsequenttosaidnoticeofrevocationreachingmysaidattorneyshallbevalidandeffectiveinfavorofanypersonclaimingthebenefitthereofwhobeforethedoingthereofshallnothavehadnoticeofsuchrevocation.
AnypersonmaydealwithmysaidattorneyinfullreliancethatthisDurablePowerofAttorneyhasnotbeenrevokeduponthesubmissionofwrittenstatementtothateffectbymysaidattorney,accompaniedbyasignedcounterparthereoforbyareproducedcopyofasignedcounterpartthereof.
INWITNESSWHEREOF,Ihavehereuntosubscribedmynameandaffixedmysealthis
dayof ,20___.
PRINCIPAL:
By: PrintName: Address:
WITNESS:
By: PrintName: Address:
Date:
I, ,HAVEREADTHEATTACHEDDURABLEPOWEROFATTORNEYANDAMTHEPERSONIDENTIFIEDASTHEAGENTFORTHEPRINCIPAL.IHEREBYACKNOWLEDGETHATINTHEABSENCEOFASPECIFICPROVISIONTOTHECONTRARYIN THISDURABLEPOWEROFATTORNEYORIN20PA.C.S.,WHENIACTASAGENT:
• ISHALLEXERCISETHEPOWERSFORTHEBENEFITOFTHEPRINCIPAL
• ISHALLEXERCISEREASONABLECAUTIONANDPRUDENCE
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