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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 19:47:00+00:00

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NRS 162A.060 “Good faith” defined.
NRS 162A.090 “Power of attorney” defined.
NRS 162A.100 “Presently exercisable general power of appointment” defined.
NRS 162A.160 “Stocks and bonds” defined.
NRS 162A.210 Power of attorney is durable; exceptions.
NRS 162A.220 Execution of power of attorney; certification of competency of principal required under certain circumstances; certain persons not to be named as agent; exceptions; penalty for misuse of power of attorney.
NRS 162A.230 Validity of power of attorney.
NRS 162A.240 Meaning and effect of power of attorney.
NRS 162A.250 Nomination of guardian of estate; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian.
NRS 162A.260 Time at which power of attorney is effective.
NRS 162A.270 Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent.
NRS 162A.280 Co-agents and successor agents.
NRS 162A.290 Reimbursement of agent.
NRS 162A.300 Agent’s acceptance of appointment.
NRS 162A.310 Duties of agent.
NRS 162A.320 Exoneration of agent.
NRS 162A.340 Liability of agent.
NRS 162A.350 Resignation of agent; notice.
NRS 162A.360 Acceptance of and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney.
NRS 162A.370 Liability for refusal to accept acknowledged power of attorney.
NRS 162A.380 Principles of law and equity.
NRS 162A.390 Laws applicable to financial institutions and entities.
NRS 162A.400 Remedies under other law.
NRS 162A.450 Grant of specific authority.
NRS 162A.460 Grant of general authority; incorporation of authority.
NRS 162A.470 Construction of authority generally.
NRS 162A.490 Tangible personal property.
NRS 162A.500 Stocks and bonds.
NRS 162A.510 Commodities and options.
NRS 162A.520 Banks and other financial institutions.
NRS 162A.530 Operation of entity or business.
NRS 162A.540 Insurance and annuities.
NRS 162A.550 Estates, trusts and other beneficial interests.
NRS 162A.560 Claims and litigation.
NRS 162A.570 Personal and family maintenance.
NRS 162A.580 Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service.
NRS 162A.620 Power of attorney.
NRS 162A.650 Uniformity of application and construction.
NRS 162A.660 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
NRS 162A.720 “Attending physician” defined.
NRS 162A.740 “Health care facility” defined.
NRS 162A.745 “Intellectual disability” defined.
NRS 162A.750 “Life-sustaining treatment” defined.
NRS 162A.760 “Provider of health care” defined.
NRS 162A.770 “Qualified patient” defined.
NRS 162A.780 “Terminal condition” defined.
NRS 162A.790 Execution of power of attorney; acknowledgment; witnesses; certification of competency required for certain principals; validity of power of attorney executed outside this State.
NRS 162A.800 Nomination of guardian of person; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian; duties of guardian.
NRS 162A.810 Time at which power of attorney is effective.
NRS 162A.815 Acceptance and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney.
NRS 162A.820 Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent.
NRS 162A.830 Co-agents and successor agents.
NRS 162A.840 Persons not eligible for designation as agent.
NRS 162A.850 Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment.
NRS 162A.860 Power of attorney: Form.
NRS 162A.865 Power of attorney for adult with intellectual disability: Form.
NRS 162A.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 162A.020 to 162A.160, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
NRS 162A.020 “Acknowledged” defined. “Acknowledged” means purportedly verified before a notary public or other individual authorized to take acknowledgments.
NRS 162A.030 “Agent” defined. “Agent” means a person granted authority to act for a principal under a power of attorney, whether denominated an agent, attorney-in-fact or otherwise. The term includes an original agent, co-agent, successor agent and a person to which an agent’s authority is delegated.
NRS 162A.040 “Durable” defined. “Durable,” with respect to a power of attorney, means not terminated by the principal’s incapacity.
NRS 162A.050 “Electronic” defined. “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.
NRS 162A.060 “Good faith” defined. “Good faith” means honesty in fact.
(c) Outside the United States and unable to return.
NRS 162A.080 “Person” defined. “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
NRS 162A.090 “Power of attorney” defined. “Power of attorney” means a writing or other record that grants authority to an agent to act in the place of the principal, whether or not the term “power of attorney” is used.
NRS 162A.100 “Presently exercisable general power of appointment” defined. “Presently exercisable general power of appointment,” with respect to property or a property interest subject to a power of appointment, means power exercisable at the time in question to vest absolute ownership in the principal individually, the principal’s estate, the principal’s creditors or the creditors of the principal’s estate. The term includes a power of appointment not exercisable until the occurrence of a specified event, the satisfaction of an ascertainable standard, or the passage of a specified period only after the occurrence of the specified event, the satisfaction of the ascertainable standard or the passage of the specified period. The term does not include a power exercisable in a fiduciary capacity or only by will.
NRS 162A.110 “Principal” defined. “Principal” means an individual who grants authority to an agent in a power of attorney.
NRS 162A.120 “Property” defined. “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership, whether real or personal, or legal or equitable, or any interest or right therein.
NRS 162A.130 “Record” defined. “Record” means information which is inscribed on a tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
2. To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol or process.
NRS 162A.150 “State” defined. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
NRS 162A.160 “Stocks and bonds” defined. “Stocks and bonds” means stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and all other types of securities and financial instruments, whether held directly or indirectly, or in any other manner. The term does not include commodity futures contracts and call or put options on stocks or stock indexes.
4. A power created on a form prescribed by a government or a governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality for a governmental purpose.
NRS 162A.210 Power of attorney is durable; exceptions. A power of attorney created under NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal.
NRS 162A.220 Execution of power of attorney; certification of competency of principal required under certain circumstances; certain persons not to be named as agent; exceptions; penalty for misuse of power of attorney.
1. A power of attorney must be signed by the principal or, in the principal’s conscious presence, by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal’s name on the power of attorney. A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal acknowledges the signature before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.
2. If the principal resides in a hospital, residential facility for groups, facility for skilled nursing or home for individual residential care, at the time of execution of the power of attorney, a certification of competency of the principal from a physician, psychologist or psychiatrist must be attached to the power of attorney.
(c) An employee of the hospital, assisted living facility or facility for skilled nursing.
(b) Named only for the purpose of assisting the principal to establish eligibility for Medicaid and the power of attorney complies with the provisions of subsection 5.
(e) The power of attorney specifies that the power of attorney is only valid until eligibility of the principal for Medicaid is determined or 6 months after the power of attorney is signed, whichever is sooner.
6. A person who is named as agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4 shall not use the power of attorney for any purpose other than to assist the principal to establish eligibility for Medicaid and shall not use the power of attorney in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of subsection 5. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(a) “Assisted living facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 422.3962.
(b) “Facility for skilled nursing” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0039.
(c) “Home for individual residential care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105.
(d) “Hospital” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012.
(e) “Residential facility for groups” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017.
NRS 162A.230 Validity of power of attorney.
1. A power of attorney executed in this State on or after October 1, 2009, is valid if its execution complies with NRS 162A.220.
2. A power of attorney executed in this State before October 1, 2009, is valid if its execution complied with the law of this State as it existed at the time of execution.
(b) The requirements for a military power of attorney pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1044b.
4. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute other than the provisions of NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, a photocopy or electronically transmitted copy of an original power of attorney has the same effect as the original power of attorney. An agent shall furnish an affidavit to a third party on demand stating that the instrument relied on is a true copy of the power of attorney and that, to the best of the agent’s knowledge, the principal is alive and the relevant powers of the agent have not been altered or terminated.
NRS 162A.240 Meaning and effect of power of attorney. The meaning and effect of a power of attorney is determined by the law of the jurisdiction indicated in the power of attorney and, in the absence of an indication of jurisdiction, by the law of the jurisdiction in which the power of attorney was executed.
NRS 162A.250 Nomination of guardian of estate; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian.
1. In a power of attorney, a principal may nominate a guardian of the principal’s estate for consideration by the court if guardianship proceedings for the principal’s estate or person are begun after the principal executes the power of attorney.
2. If, after a principal executes a power of attorney, a court appoints a guardian of the principal’s estate, the power of attorney is terminated, unless the court allows the agent to retain specific powers conferred by the power of attorney. In the event the court allows the agent to retain specific powers, the agent shall file an accounting with the court and the guardian on a quarterly basis or such other period as the court may designate.
NRS 162A.260 Time at which power of attorney is effective.
1. A power of attorney is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency.
2. If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency, the principal, in the power of attorney, may authorize one or more persons to determine in a writing or other record that the event or contingency has occurred.
3. If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the principal’s incapacity and the principal has not authorized a person to determine whether the principal is incapacitated, or the person authorized is unable or unwilling to make the determination, the power of attorney becomes effective upon a determination in a writing or other record by a physician, psychiatrist or licensed psychologist that the principal is incapacitated.
4. A person authorized by the principal in the power of attorney to determine that the principal is incapacitated may act as the principal’s personal representative pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, and applicable regulations, to obtain a determination of incapacity.
NRS 162A.270 Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent.
(f) The principal revokes the agent’s authority or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns, and the power of attorney does not provide for another agent to act under the power of attorney.
(d) The power of attorney terminates.
3. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent’s authority is exercisable until the authority terminates under subsection 2, notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney.
4. Termination of an agent’s authority or of a power of attorney is not effective as to the agent or another person that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal’s successors in interest.
5. Incapacity of the principal of a power of attorney that is not durable does not revoke or terminate the power of attorney as to an agent or other person that, without actual knowledge of the incapacity, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal’s successors in interest.
6. The execution of a power of attorney does not revoke a power of attorney previously executed by the principal unless the subsequent power of attorney provides that the previous power of attorney is revoked or that all other powers of attorney are revoked.
NRS 162A.280 Co-agents and successor agents.
1. A principal may designate two or more persons to act as co-agents. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, each co-agent may exercise its authority independently.
(b) May not act until all predecessor agents have resigned, died, become incapacitated, are no longer qualified to serve or have declined to serve.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and in the power of attorney, an agent that does not participate in or conceal a breach of fiduciary duty committed by another agent, including a predecessor agent, is not liable for the actions of the other agent.
4. An agent that has actual knowledge of a breach or imminent breach of fiduciary duty by another agent shall notify the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated, take any action reasonably appropriate in the circumstances to safeguard the principal’s best interest. An agent that fails to notify the principal or take action as required by this subsection is liable for the reasonably foreseeable damages that could have been avoided if the agent had notified the principal or taken such action.
NRS 162A.290 Reimbursement of agent. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent is entitled to reimbursement of expenses reasonably incurred on behalf of the principal.
NRS 162A.300 Agent’s acceptance of appointment. Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a person accepts appointment as an agent under a power of attorney by exercising authority or performing duties as an agent or by any other assertion or conduct indicating acceptance.
NRS 162A.310 Duties of agent.
(c) Act only within the scope of authority granted in the power of attorney.
(4) Eligibility for a benefit, a program or assistance under a statute or regulation.
3. An agent that acts in good faith is not liable to any beneficiary of the principal’s estate plan for failure to preserve the plan.
4. An agent that acts with care, competence and diligence for the best interest of the principal is not liable solely because the agent also benefits from the act or has an individual or conflicting interest in relation to the property or affairs of the principal.
5. If an agent is selected by the principal because of special skills or expertise possessed by the agent or in reliance on the agent’s representation that the agent has special skills or expertise, the special skills or expertise must be considered in determining whether the agent has acted with care, competence and diligence under the circumstances.
6. Absent a breach of duty to the principal, an agent is not liable if the value of the principal’s property declines.
7. An agent that exercises authority to delegate to another person the authority granted by the principal or that engages another person on behalf of the principal is not liable for an act, error of judgment or default of that person if the agent exercises care, competence and diligence in selecting and monitoring the person.
8. Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, an agent is not required to disclose receipts, disbursements or transactions conducted on behalf of the principal unless ordered by a court, or requested by the principal, a guardian or other fiduciary acting for the principal, a governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal or, upon the death of the principal, by the personal representative or successor in interest of the principal’s estate. If so requested, within 30 days the agent shall comply with the request or provide a writing or other record substantiating why additional time is needed and shall comply with the request within an additional 30 days.
2. Was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary relationship with the principal.
(i) The principal’s caregiver or another person who demonstrates sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare.
(b) A governmental agency has asserted abuse by the agent regarding the agent’s actions under the power of attorney.
2. Reimburse the principal or the principal’s successors in interest for the attorney’s fees and costs paid on the agent’s behalf.
(d) A governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.
NRS 162A.360 Acceptance of and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney.
1. A person that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney without actual knowledge that the signature is not genuine may rely upon the presumption under NRS 162A.220 that the signature is genuine.
2. A person that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney without actual knowledge that the power of attorney is void, invalid or terminated, that the purported agent’s authority is void, invalid or terminated, or that the agent is exceeding or improperly exercising the agent’s authority may rely upon the power of attorney as if the power of attorney were genuine, valid and still in effect, the agent’s authority were genuine, valid and still in effect, and the agent had not exceeded and had properly exercised the authority.
(c) An opinion of counsel as to any matter of law concerning the power of attorney if the person making the request provides in a writing or other record the reason for the request.
4. An English translation or an opinion of counsel requested under this section must be provided at the principal’s expense unless the request is made more than 10 business days after the power of attorney is presented for acceptance. If the request is made more than 10 business days after presentation of the power of attorney, the party requesting the translation shall pay for the translation.
5. For purposes of this section, a person that conducts activities through employees is without actual knowledge of a fact relating to a power of attorney, a principal or an agent if the employee conducting the transaction involving the power of attorney is without actual knowledge of the fact.
NRS 162A.370 Liability for refusal to accept acknowledged power of attorney.
(c) A person may not require an additional or different form of power of attorney for authority granted in the power of attorney presented.
(f) The person makes, or has actual knowledge that another person has made, a report pursuant to NRS 200.5093 stating a good faith belief that the principal may be subject to abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment by the agent or a person acting for or with the agent.
(b) Liability for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred in any action or proceeding that confirms the validity of the power of attorney or mandates acceptance of the power of attorney.
NRS 162A.380 Principles of law and equity. Unless displaced by a provision of NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, the principles of law and equity supplement NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
NRS 162A.390 Laws applicable to financial institutions and entities. NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, does not supersede any other law applicable to financial institutions or other entities, and the other law controls if inconsistent with NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
NRS 162A.400 Remedies under other law. The remedies under NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, are not exclusive and do not abrogate any right or remedy under the laws of this State other than NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
NRS 162A.450 Grant of specific authority.
(h) Disclaim property, including a power of appointment.
2. Notwithstanding a grant of authority to do an act described in subsection 1, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent that is not a spouse of the principal may not exercise authority under a power of attorney to create in the agent, or in an individual to whom the agent owes a legal obligation of support, an interest in the principal’s property, whether by gift, right of survivorship, beneficiary designation, disclaimer or otherwise.
NRS 162A.460 Grant of general authority; incorporation of authority.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162A.450, if a power of attorney grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do or refers to general authority or cites a section of NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, in which the authority is described, the agent has the general authority described in NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
2. A reference in a power of attorney to any part of a section in NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, incorporates the entire section as if it were set out in full in the power of attorney.
3. A principal may modify authority incorporated by reference.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162A.450, if the subjects over which authority is granted in a power of attorney are similar or overlap, the broadest authority controls.
5. Authority granted in a power of attorney is exercisable with respect to property that the principal has when the power of attorney is executed or acquires later, whether or not the property is located in this State and whether or not the authority is exercised or the power of attorney is executed in this State.
6. An act performed by an agent pursuant to a power of attorney has the same effect and inures to the benefit of and binds the principal and the principal’s successors in interest as if the principal had performed the act.
10. Do any lawful act with respect to the subject and all property related to the subject.
(i) The agent to dedicate to public use, with or without consideration, easements or other real property in which the principal has, or claims to have, an interest.
2. Every power of attorney, or other instrument in writing, containing the power to convey any real property as agent or attorney for the owner thereof, or to execute, as agent or attorney for another, any conveyance whereby any real property is conveyed, or may be affected, must be recorded as other conveyances whereby real property is conveyed or affected are required to be recorded.
3. No such power of attorney or other instrument, recorded in the manner prescribed in subsection 2, shall be deemed to be revoked by any act of the principal, until the instrument containing such revocation is deposited for record in the same office in which the instrument containing the power is recorded.
6. The agent to change the form of title of an interest in tangible personal property.
5. Exercise voting rights with respect to stocks and bonds in person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts and consent to limitations on the right to vote.
2. Establish, continue, modify and terminate option accounts.
NRS 162A.520 Banks and other financial institutions.
(k) Consent to an extension of the time of payment with respect to commercial paper or a financial transaction with a financial institution.
2. An agent who is not the spouse of the principal must not be listed on any account as a cosigner with right of survivorship, but must be listed on the account solely as power of attorney.
1. Operate, buy, sell, enlarge, reduce or terminate an ownership interest.
2. Perform a duty or discharge a liability and exercise in person or by proxy a right, power, privilege or option that the principal has, may have or claims to have.
3. Enforce the terms of an ownership agreement.
4. Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to which the principal is a party because of an ownership interest.
5. Exercise in person or by proxy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise, a right, power, privilege or option the principal has or claims to have as the holder of stocks and bonds.
6. Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to which the principal is a party concerning stocks and bonds.
(d) Demand and receive money due or claimed by the principal or on the principal’s behalf in the operation of the entity or business and control and disburse the money in the operation of the entity or business.
8. Put additional capital into an entity or business in which the principal has an interest.
9. Join in a plan of reorganization, consolidation, conversion, domestication or merger of the entity or business.
10. Sell or liquidate all or part of an entity or business.
11. Establish the value of an entity or business under a buy-out agreement to which the principal is a party.
12. Prepare, sign, file and deliver reports, compilations of information, returns or other papers with respect to an entity or business and make related payments.
13. Pay, compromise or contest taxes, assessments, fines or penalties and perform any other act to protect the principal from illegal or unnecessary taxation, assessments, fines or penalties with respect to an entity or business, including attempts to recover, in any manner permitted by law, money paid before or after the execution of the power of attorney.
13. Pay, from proceeds or otherwise, compromise or contest, and apply for refunds in connection with, a tax or assessment levied by a taxing authority with respect to a contract of insurance or annuity or its proceeds or liability accruing by reason of the tax or assessment.
NRS 162A.550 Estates, trusts and other beneficial interests.
(g) Transfer an interest of the principal in real property, stocks and bonds, accounts with financial institutions or securities intermediaries, insurance, annuities and other property to the trustee of a revocable trust created by the principal as settlor or grantor.
2. As used in this section, “estates, trusts and other beneficial interests” means a trust, probate estate, escrow, custodianship or fund from which the principal is, may become or claims to be entitled to a share or payment.
9. Receive money or other thing of value paid in settlement of or as proceeds of a claim or litigation.
7. Continue payments incidental to the membership or affiliation of the principal in a religious institution, club, society, order or other organization or to continue contributions to those organizations.
NRS 162A.580 Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service.
(f) Take possession and order the removal and shipment of property of the principal from a post, warehouse, depot, dock or other place of storage or safekeeping, either governmental or private, and execute and deliver a release, voucher, receipt, bill of lading, shipping ticket, certificate or other instrument for that purpose.
2. As used in this section, “benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service” means any benefit, program or assistance provided under a statute or regulation including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
(f) Borrow from, sell assets to or purchase assets from a retirement plan.
(g) A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 409A, as amended.
4. Act for the principal in all tax matters for all periods before the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority.
1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent has no authority to make a gift to any party on behalf of the principal.
(b) Consent, pursuant to section 2513 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 2513, as amended, to the splitting of a gift made by the principal’s spouse in an amount per donee not to exceed the aggregate annual gift tax exclusions for both spouses.
(e) The principal’s personal history of making or joining in making gifts.
4. As used in this section, a gift “for the benefit of” a person includes a gift to a trust, an account under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, and a tuition savings account or prepaid tuition plan as defined under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 529, as amended.
1. THIS DOCUMENT GIVES THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE AS YOUR AGENT THE POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING YOUR PROPERTY FOR YOU. YOUR AGENT WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND ACT WITH RESPECT TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR MONEY) WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ABLE TO ACT FOR YOURSELF.
2. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY BECOMES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNLESS YOU STATE OTHERWISE IN THE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
3. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE AGENT TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU.
4. THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE IN THIS DOCUMENT HAS A DUTY TO ACT CONSISTENT WITH YOUR DESIRES AS STATED IN THIS DOCUMENT OR OTHERWISE MADE KNOWN OR, IF YOUR DESIRES ARE UNKNOWN, TO ACT IN YOUR BEST INTERESTS.
5. YOU SHOULD SELECT SOMEONE YOU TRUST TO SERVE AS YOUR AGENT. UNLESS YOU SPECIFY OTHERWISE, GENERALLY THE AGENT’S AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOU DIE OR REVOKE THE POWER OF ATTORNEY OR THE AGENT RESIGNS OR IS UNABLE TO ACT FOR YOU.
6. YOUR AGENT IS ENTITLED TO REASONABLE COMPENSATION UNLESS YOU STATE OTHERWISE IN THE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
7. THIS FORM PROVIDES FOR DESIGNATION OF ONE AGENT. IF YOU WISH TO NAME MORE THAN ONE AGENT YOU MAY NAME A CO-AGENT IN THE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS. CO-AGENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ACT TOGETHER UNLESS YOU INCLUDE THAT REQUIREMENT IN THE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
8. IF YOUR AGENT IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ACT FOR YOU, YOUR POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL END UNLESS YOU HAVE NAMED A SUCCESSOR AGENT. YOU MAY ALSO NAME A SECOND SUCCESSOR AGENT.
9. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE PERSON DESIGNATED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
10. THIS DOCUMENT REVOKES ANY PRIOR DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY.
11. IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
as my agent to make decisions for me and in my name, place and stead and for my use and benefit and to exercise the powers as authorized in this document.
2. DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATE AGENT.
3. OTHER POWERS OF ATTORNEY.
This Power of Attorney is intended to, and does, revoke any prior Power of Attorney for financial matters I have previously executed.
If, after execution of this Power of Attorney, proceedings seeking an adjudication of incapacity are initiated either for my estate or my person, I hereby nominate as my guardian or conservator for consideration by the court my agent herein named, in the order named.
5. GRANT OF GENERAL AUTHORITY.
6. GRANT OF SPECIFIC AUTHORITY.
7. LIMITATION ON AGENT’S AUTHORITY.
An agent that is not my spouse MAY NOT use my property to benefit the agent or a person to whom the agent owes an obligation of support unless I have included that authority in the Special Instructions.
[.....] DURABLE. This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by my subsequent disability or incapacity.
[.....] SPRINGING POWER. It is my intention and direction that my designated agent, and any person or entity that my designated agent may transact business with on my behalf, may rely on a written medical opinion issued by a licensed medical doctor stating that I am disabled or incapacitated, and incapable of managing my affairs, and that said medical opinion shall establish whether or not I am under a disability for the purpose of establishing the authority of my designated agent to act in accordance with this Power of Attorney.
Third parties may rely upon the validity of this Power of Attorney or a copy and the representations of my agent as to all matters relating to any power granted to my agent, and no person or agency who relies upon the representation of my agent, or the authority granted by my agent, shall incur any liability to me or my estate as a result of permitting my agent to exercise any power unless a third party knows or has reason to know this Power of Attorney has terminated or is invalid.
I agree to, authorize and allow full release of information, by any government agency, business, creditor or third party who may have information pertaining to my assets or income, to my agent named herein.
12. SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. YOU MUST DATE AND SIGN THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL NOT BE VALID UNLESS IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC.
On this .......... day of .........., in the year ....., before me, ............................... (here insert name of notary public) personally appeared .............................. (here insert name of principal) personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, and acknowledged that he or she executed it. I declare under penalty of perjury that the person whose name is ascribed to this instrument appears to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud or undue influence.
(f) Attempt to preserve the principal’s estate plan if you know the plan and preserving the plan is consistent with the principal’s best interest.
(e) If you are married to the principal, your marriage is dissolved.
4. Liability of Agent. The meaning of the authority granted to you is defined in NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive. If you violate NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, or act outside the authority granted in this Power of Attorney, you may be liable for any damages caused by your violation.
5. If there is anything about this document or your duties that you do not understand, you should seek legal advice.
NRS 162A.650 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among the states that enact it.
NRS 162A.660 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, modifies, limits and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).
NRS 162A.700 Applicability. NRS 162A.700 to 162A.865, inclusive, apply to any power of attorney containing the authority to make health care decisions.
NRS 162A.710 Definitions. As used in NRS 162A.700 to 162A.865, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 162A.720 to 162A.780, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
NRS 162A.720 “Attending physician” defined. “Attending physician” means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.
NRS 162A.730 “Declaration” defined. “Declaration” means a writing executed in accordance with the requirements of NRS 449A.433.
2. Any facility for the dependent as defined in NRS 449.0045.
NRS 162A.745 “Intellectual disability” defined. “Intellectual disability” means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period.
NRS 162A.750 “Life-sustaining treatment” defined. “Life-sustaining treatment” means a medical procedure or intervention that, when administered to a patient, serves only to prolong the process of dying.
NRS 162A.760 “Provider of health care” defined. “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.
NRS 162A.770 “Qualified patient” defined. “Qualified patient” means a patient, 18 years of age or older, who has executed a declaration and who has been determined by the attending physician to be in a terminal condition.
NRS 162A.780 “Terminal condition” defined. “Terminal condition” means an incurable and irreversible condition that cannot be cured or modified by any known current medical therapy or treatment, and which, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, will in the opinion of the attending physician result in death within a relatively short time period.
NRS 162A.790 Execution of power of attorney; acknowledgment; witnesses; certification of competency required for certain principals; validity of power of attorney executed outside this State.
1. Any adult person may execute a power of attorney enabling the agent named in the power of attorney to make decisions concerning health care for the principal if that principal becomes incapable of giving informed consent concerning such decisions.
(b) Witnessed by two adult witnesses who know the principal personally.
(b) To the best of the witnesses’ knowledge, not entitled to any part of the estate of the principal upon the death of the principal.
5. If the principal resides in a hospital, residential facility for groups, facility for skilled nursing or home for individual residential care, at the time of the execution of the power of attorney, a certification of competency of the principal from a physician, psychologist or psychiatrist must be attached to the power of attorney.
6. A power of attorney executed in a jurisdiction outside of this State is valid in this State if, when the power of attorney was executed, the execution complied with the laws of that jurisdiction or the requirements for a military power of attorney pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1044b.
(a) “Facility for skilled nursing” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0039.
(b) “Home for individual residential care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105.
(c) “Hospital” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012.
(d) “Residential facility for groups” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017.
NRS 162A.800 Nomination of guardian of person; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian; duties of guardian.
1. In a power of attorney for health care, a principal may nominate a guardian of the principal’s person for consideration by the court if guardianship proceedings for the principal’s person are begun after the principal executes the power of attorney.
2. If, after a principal executes a power of attorney for health care, a court appoints a guardian of the principal’s person, the power of attorney is terminated. The guardian shall follow any provisions contained in the power of attorney for health care delineating the principal’s wishes for medical and end-of-life care.
NRS 162A.810 Time at which power of attorney is effective.
1. A power of attorney for health care is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon incapacity.
2. If a power of attorney for health care becomes effective upon the principal’s incapacity, the power of attorney becomes effective upon a determination in a writing or other record by a physician, psychiatrist or licensed psychologist that the principal is incapacitated.
3. An agent named in the power of attorney for health care may act as the principal’s personal representative pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, and applicable regulations, to obtain a determination of incapacity.
NRS 162A.815 Acceptance and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney.
1. A physician, health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care without actual knowledge that the signature is not genuine may rely upon the presumption that the signature is genuine.
2. A physician, health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care without actual knowledge that the power of attorney for health care is void, invalid or terminated, or that the purported agent’s authority is void, invalid or terminated, may rely upon the power of attorney for health care as if the power of attorney for health care were genuine, valid and still in effect, and the agent’s authority was genuine, valid and still in effect.
3. A physician, health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for giving effect to a declaration contained within the power of attorney for health care or for following the direction of an agent named in the power of attorney for health care.
NRS 162A.820 Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent.
(d) The principal revokes the agent’s authority or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns, and the power of attorney does not provide for another agent to act under the power of attorney.
(d) The power of attorney includes a termination date.
3. Unless the power of attorney for health care otherwise provides, an agent’s authority is exercisable until the authority terminates under subsection 2, notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney.
4. Termination of an agent’s authority or of a power of attorney for health care is not effective as to the agent or another person that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal’s successors in interest.
5. An execution of a power of attorney for health care automatically revokes any previous power of attorney to make health care decisions.
6. If a power of attorney for health care terminates while the principal is unable to make decisions concerning health care, the power of attorney for health care remains valid until the principal is again able to make such decisions.
NRS 162A.830 Co-agents and successor agents.
1. A principal may designate two or more persons to act as co-agents. Unless the power of attorney for health care otherwise provides, each co-agent may exercise its authority independently.
NRS 162A.840 Persons not eligible for designation as agent.
(d) An employee of a health care facility.
2. A principal may name as agent any person identified in subsection 1 if that person is the spouse, legal guardian or next of kin of the principal.
NRS 162A.850 Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment.
(h) Any other treatment to which the principal, in the power of attorney for health care, states that the agent may not consent.
2. The agent must make decisions concerning the use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment which conform to the known desires of the principal. The principal may make these desires known in the power of attorney for health care.
1. THIS DOCUMENT GIVES THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE AS YOUR AGENT THE POWER TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU. THIS POWER IS SUBJECT TO ANY LIMITATIONS OR STATEMENT OF YOUR DESIRES THAT YOU INCLUDE IN THIS DOCUMENT. THE POWER TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU MAY INCLUDE CONSENT, REFUSAL OF CONSENT OR WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT TO ANY CARE, TREATMENT, SERVICE OR PROCEDURE TO MAINTAIN, DIAGNOSE OR TREAT A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION. YOU MAY STATE IN THIS DOCUMENT ANY TYPES OF TREATMENT OR PLACEMENTS THAT YOU DO NOT DESIRE.
2. THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE IN THIS DOCUMENT HAS A DUTY TO ACT CONSISTENT WITH YOUR DESIRES AS STATED IN THIS DOCUMENT OR OTHERWISE MADE KNOWN OR, IF YOUR DESIRES ARE UNKNOWN, TO ACT IN YOUR BEST INTERESTS.
3. EXCEPT AS YOU OTHERWISE SPECIFY IN THIS DOCUMENT, THE POWER OF THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU MAY INCLUDE THE POWER TO CONSENT TO YOUR DOCTOR NOT GIVING TREATMENT OR STOPPING TREATMENT WHICH WOULD KEEP YOU ALIVE.
4. UNLESS YOU SPECIFY A SHORTER PERIOD IN THIS DOCUMENT, THIS POWER WILL EXIST INDEFINITELY FROM THE DATE YOU EXECUTE THIS DOCUMENT AND, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF, THIS POWER WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST UNTIL THE TIME WHEN YOU BECOME ABLE TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF.
5. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF SO LONG AS YOU CAN GIVE INFORMED CONSENT WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR DECISION. IN ADDITION, NO TREATMENT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU OVER YOUR OBJECTION, AND HEALTH CARE NECESSARY TO KEEP YOU ALIVE MAY NOT BE STOPPED IF YOU OBJECT.
6. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED IN THIS DOCUMENT TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU BY NOTIFYING THAT PERSON OF THE REVOCATION ORALLY OR IN WRITING.
7. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE PERSON DESIGNATED IN THIS DOCUMENT TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU BY NOTIFYING THE TREATING PHYSICIAN, HOSPITAL OR OTHER PROVIDER OF HEALTH CARE ORALLY OR IN WRITING.
8. THE PERSON DESIGNATED IN THIS DOCUMENT TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU HAS THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS AND TO CONSENT TO THEIR DISCLOSURE UNLESS YOU LIMIT THIS RIGHT IN THIS DOCUMENT.
9. THIS DOCUMENT REVOKES ANY PRIOR DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE.
10. IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
1. DESIGNATION OF HEALTH CARE AGENT.
as my agent to make health care decisions for me as authorized in this document.
2. CREATION OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE.
By this document I intend to create a durable power of attorney by appointing the person designated above to make health care decisions for me. This power of attorney shall not be affected by my subsequent incapacity.
3. GENERAL STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY GRANTED.
In the event that I am incapable of giving informed consent with respect to health care decisions, I hereby grant to the agent named above full power and authority: to make health care decisions for me before or after my death, including consent, refusal of consent or withdrawal of consent to any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose or treat a physical or mental condition; to request, review and receive any information, verbal or written, regarding my physical or mental health, including, without limitation, medical and hospital records; to execute on my behalf any releases or other documents that may be required to obtain medical care and/or medical and hospital records, EXCEPT any power to enter into any arbitration agreements or execute any arbitration clauses in connection with admission to any health care facility including any skilled nursing facility; and subject only to the limitations and special provisions, if any, set forth in paragraph 4 or 6.
4. SPECIAL PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
I understand that this power of attorney will exist indefinitely from the date I execute this document unless I establish a shorter time. If I am unable to make health care decisions for myself when this power of attorney expires, the authority I have granted my agent will continue to exist until the time when I become able to make health care decisions for myself.
7. DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATE AGENT.
I revoke any prior durable power of attorney for health care.
9. WAIVER OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
If my designated agent is my spouse or is one of my children, then I waive any conflict of interest in carrying out the provisions of this Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care that said spouse or child may have by reason of the fact that he or she may be a beneficiary of my estate.
If the legality of any provision of this Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is questioned by my physician, my agent or a third party, then my agent is authorized to commence an action for declaratory judgment as to the legality of the provision in question. The cost of any such action is to be paid from my estate. This Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care must be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.
If, after execution of this Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, proceedings seeking an adjudication of incapacity are initiated either for my estate or my person, I hereby nominate as my guardian or conservator for consideration by the court my agent herein named, in the order named.
I agree to, authorize and allow full release of information by any government agency, medical provider, business, creditor or third party who may have information pertaining to my health care, to my agent named herein, pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, and applicable regulations.
On this................ day of................, in the year..., before me,................................ (here insert name of notary public) personally appeared................................ (here insert name of principal) personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, and acknowledged that he or she executed it. I declare under penalty of perjury that the person whose name is ascribed to this instrument appears to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud or undue influence.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the principal is personally known to me, that the principal signed or acknowledged this durable power of attorney in my presence, that the principal appears to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud or undue influence, that I am not the person appointed as agent by this document and that I am not a provider of health care, an employee of a provider of health care, the operator of a health care facility or an employee of an operator of a health care facility.
I declare under penalty of perjury that I am not related to the principal by blood, marriage or adoption and that to the best of my knowledge, I am not entitled to any part of the estate of the principal upon the death of the principal under a will now existing or by operation of law.
COPIES: You should retain an executed copy of this document and give one to your agent. The power of attorney should be available so a copy may be given to your providers of health care.
NRS 162A.865 Power of attorney for adult with intellectual disability: Form.
My name is.................... (insert your name) and my address is.................... (insert your address). I would like to designate.................... (insert the name of the person you wish to designate as your agent for health care decisions for you) as my agent for health care decisions for me if I am sick or hurt and need to see a doctor or go to the hospital. I understand what this means.
If I am sick or hurt, my agent should take me to the doctor. If my agent is not with me when I become sick or hurt, please contact my agent and ask him or her to come to the doctor’s office. I would like the doctor to speak with my agent and me about my sickness or injury and whether I need any medicine or other treatment. After we speak with the doctor, I would like my agent to speak with me about the care or treatment. When we have made decisions about the care or treatment, my agent will tell the doctor about our decisions and sign any necessary papers.
If I am very sick or hurt, I may need to go to the hospital. I would like my agent to help me decide if I need to go to the hospital. If I go to the hospital, I would like the people who work at the hospital to try very hard to care for me. If I am able to communicate, I would like the doctor at the hospital to speak with me and my agent about what care or treatment I should receive, even if I am unable to understand what is being said about me. After we speak with the doctor, I would like my agent to help me decide what care or treatment I should receive. Once we decide, my agent will sign any necessary paperwork. If I am unable to communicate because of my illness or injury, I would like my agent to make decisions about my care or treatment based on what he or she thinks I would do and what is best for me.
I would like my agent to help me decide if I need to see a dentist and help me make decisions about what care or treatment I should receive from the dentist. Once we decide, my agent will sign any necessary paperwork.
I would also like my agent to be able to see and have copies of all my medical records. If my agent requests to see or have copies of my medical records, please allow him or her to see or have copies of the records.
I understand that my agent cannot make me receive any care or treatment that I do not want. I also understand that I can take away this power from my agent at any time, either by telling my agent that he or she is no longer my agent or by putting it in writing.
If my agent is unable to make health care decisions for me, then I designate.................... (insert the name of another person you wish to designate as your alternative agent to make health care decisions for you) as my agent to make health care decisions for me as authorized in this document.
As agent for.......... (insert name of principal), I agree that a physician, health care facility or other provider of health care, acting in good faith, may rely on this power of attorney for health care and the signatures herein, and I understand that pursuant to NRS 162A.815, a physician, health care facility or other provider of health care that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney for health care is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for giving effect to a declaration contained within the power of attorney for health care or for following the direction of an agent named in the power of attorney for health care.
1. I have a duty to act in a manner consistent with the desires of.......... (insert name of principal) as stated in this document or otherwise made known by.......... (insert name of principal), or if his or her desires are unknown, to act in his or her best interest.
2. If.......... (insert name of principal) revokes this power of attorney at any time, either verbally or in writing, I have a duty to inform any persons who may rely on this document, including, without limitation, treating physicians, hospital staff or other providers of health care, that I no longer have the authorities described in this document.
3. The provisions of NRS 162A.840 prohibit me from being named as an agent to make health care decisions in this document if I am a provider of health care, an employee of the principal’s provider of health care or an operator or employee of a health care facility caring for the principal, unless I am the spouse, legal guardian or next of kin of the principal.
(h) Any other care or treatment to which the principal prohibits the agent from consenting in this document.
5. End-of-life decisions must be made according to the wishes of.......... (insert name of principal), as designated in the attached addendum. If his or her wishes are not known, such decisions must be made in consultation with the principal’s treating physicians.
On this.......... day of.........., in the year...., before me,.......... (here insert name of notary public) personally appeared.......... (here insert name of principal) personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, and acknowledged that he or she executed it. I declare under penalty of perjury that the person whose name is ascribed to this instrument appears to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud or undue influence.
COPIES: You should retain an executed copy of this document and give one to your agent. The power of attorney should be available so a copy may be given to your providers of health care.
.................... (Insert name of agent) might have to decide, if you get very sick, whether to continue with your medicine or to stop your medicine, even if it means you might not live..................... (Insert name of agent) will talk to you to find out what you want to do, and will follow your wishes.
If you are not able to talk to.................... (insert name of agent), you can help him or her make these decisions for you by letting your agent know what you want.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the principal is personally known to me, that the principal signed or acknowledged this End-of-Life Decisions Addendum in my presence, that the principal appears to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud or undue influence, that I am not the person appointed as agent by the power of attorney for health care and that I am not a provider of health care, an employee of a provider of health care, the operator of a health care facility or an employee of an operator of a health care facility.
COPIES: You should retain an executed copy of this document and give one to your agent. The End-of-Life Decisions Addendum should be available so a copy may be given to your providers of health care.

References: § 1044
 § 409
 § 2513
 § 529
 § 7001
 § 7003
 § 1044