Fillable Printable Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Directive

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Directive

DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE

AND/OR HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE OF

(Print full name here) _________________________________________________________________

(Address, City, State, Zip)_______________________________________________________________

PART I. DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE

(

If you DO NOT WISH to name someone to serve as your decision-making Agent,

mark an “X” through Part I on pages 1 & 2 and continue on to Part II.)

1. Selection of Agent. I, ______________________________________________, currently a resident of

__________________

County, Missouri, appoint the following person as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact (“Agent”):

Name: ____________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Phone(s): 1

_______________________ 2

______________________

2. Alternate Agent. If my Agent resigns or is not able or available to make health care decisions for me, or if an Agent

named by me is divorced from me or is my spouse and legally separated from me, I appoint the following persons in the

order named below to serve as my alternate Agent and to have the same powers as my Agent:

First Alternate Agent:

Name: _____________________________________

Address: _____________________________________

_____________________________________

Phone(s): 1

__________________________________

3. Durability. This is a Durable Power of Attorney, and the authority of my Agent, when effective, shall not terminate

or be void or voidable if I am or become disabled or incapacitated or in the event of later uncertainty as to whether I am

dead or alive.

4. Effective Date as to Health Care Decision Making. This Durable Power of Attorney is effective as to health care

decision making when I am incapacitated and unable to make and communicate a health care decision as certied by

(check one of the following boxes): one physician OR two physicians.

5. Agent’s Powers. I grant to my Agent full authority as to health care decision making to:

A. Give consent to, prohibit, or withdraw any type of health care, long-term care, hospice or palliative care, medical

care, treatment, or procedure, either in my residence or a facility outside of my residence, even if my death may

result, including, but not limited to, an out of hospital do-not-resuscitate order, with the following specic

authorization (initial one of the following boxes to indicate your choice):

I wish to AUTHORIZE my Agent to direct a health care provider to withhold or withdraw articially

supplied nutrition and hydration (including tube feeding of food and water);

OR I DO NOT AUTHORIZE my Agent to direct a health care provider to withhold or withdraw

articially supplied nutrition and hydration (including tube feeding of food and water);

B. Make all necessary arrangements for health care services on my behalf and to hire and re medical personnel

responsible for my care;

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Second Alternate Agent:

Name: _____________________________________

Address: _____________________________________

_____________________________________

Phone(s): 1

__________________________________

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C. Move me into, or out of, any health care or assisted living/residential care facility or my home (even if against

medical advice) to obtain compliance with the decisions of my Agent;

D. Take any other action necessary to do what I authorize here, including, but not limited to, granting any waiver

or release from liability required by any health care provider and taking any legal action at the expense of my

estate to enforce this Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care;

E. Receive information regarding my health care, obtain copies of and review my medical records, consent to the

disclosure of my medical records, and act as my “personal representative” as dened in the regulations [45 C.F.R.

164.502(g)] enacted pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”);

6. Effective Date as to Other Authority. In addition to the powers set forth above, I authorize effective upon my

signature and without the need for a physician’s certication of incapacity that my Agent be authorized to have one or

more of the following powers (initial your desired choices):

Determine what happens to my body after my death (authority for right of sepulcher);

Give consent after my death to an autopsy or postmortem examination of my remains;

Delegate health care decision-making power to another person (“Delegee”) as selected by my

Agent, and the Delegee shall be identied in writing by my Agent;

With respect to anatomical gifts of my body or any part (i.e., organs or tissues), please initial your desired choice below:

AUTHORIZATION OF ANATOMICAL GIFTS. I wish to AUTHORIZE my Agent to make an

anatomical gift of my body or part (organ or tissue).

PROHIBITION OF ANATOMICAL GIFTS. I DO NOT AUTHORIZE my Agent to make an anatomical

gift of my body or any part (organ or tissue).

7. Agent’s Financial Liability and Compensation. My Agent, acting under this Durable Power of Attorney for Health

Care, will incur no personal nancial liability. My Agent shall not be entitled to compensation for services performed

under this Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, but my Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable

expenses incurred as a result of carrying out any provisions hereof.

PART II. HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE

(

If you DO NOT WISH to make a health care directive but only wish to have an Agent make your decisions without the directive,

be sure that you have completed Part I on pages 1 & 2, mark an “X” through Part II on pages 2 & 3 and continue to Part III.)

1. I make this HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE (“Directive”) to exercise my right to determine the course of my health

care and to provide clear and convincing proof of my choices and instructions about my treatment.

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My donations are for the following purposes: (check one)

□ Transplantation

□ Therapy

□ Research

□ Education

□ All the above

GIFT SPECIFICATIONS: (check one)

I would like to donate

□ Any needed organs and tissues, as allowed by law.

□ Any needed organs and tissues as allowed by law,

with the following restrictions:

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2. If I am persistently unconscious or there is no reasonable expectation of my recovery from a seriously incapacitating

or terminal illness or condition, I direct that all of the life-prolonging procedures that I have initialed below be withheld or

withdrawn.

  articiallysuppliednutritionandhydration(includingtubefeedingoffoodandwater)

surgery or other invasive procedures heart-lung resuscitation (CPR)

antibiotics dialysis

mechanical ventilator (respirator) chemotherapy

radiation therapy

  otherproceduresspeciedbyme(insert)______________________________________________

all other “life-prolonging” medical or surgical procedures that are merely intended to keep me alive

without reasonable hope of improving my condition or curing my illness or injury

3. However, if my physician believes that any life-prolonging procedure may lead to a recovery signicant to me as

communicated by me or my Agent to my physician, then I direct my physician to try the treatment for a reasonable period

of time. If it does not cause my condition to improve, I direct the treatment to be withdrawn even if it shortens my life. I

also direct that I be given medical treatment to relieve pain or to provide comfort, even if such treatment might shorten my

life, suppress my appetite or my breathing, or be habit-forming.

4. If I have already consented to be on the Missouri organ and tissue donor registry or my Agent has authorized the

donation of my organs or tissues, I realize it may be necessary to maintain my body articially after my death until my

organs or tissues can be removed.

IF I HAVE NOT DESIGNATED AN AGENT IN THE DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY, PART II OF THIS

DOCUMENT IS MEANT TO BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS MY HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE.

PART III. GENERAL PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN THE DURABLE POWER OF

ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE

1. Relationship Between Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Directive . If I have executed

both the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Directive, I encourage my Agent to:

First, follow my choices as expressed in the above Directive or otherwise from knowing me or having had A.

various discussions with me about making decisions regarding life-prolonging procedures.

Second, if my Agent does not know my choices for the specic decision at hand, but my Agent has evidence of B.

my preferences, my Agent can determine how I would decide. My Agent should consider my values, religious

beliefs, past decisions, and past statements. The aim is to choose as I would choose, even if it is not what my

Agent would choose for himself or herself.

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Third, if my Agent has little or no knowledge of choices I would make, then my Agent and the physicians will C.

have to make a decision based on what a reasonable person in the same situation would decide. I have condence

in my Agent’s ability to make decisions in my best interest if my Agent does not have enough information to

follow my preferences.

Finally, if the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is determined to be ineffective, or if my Agent is not D.

able to serve, the Health Care Directive is intended to be used on its own as rm instructions to my health care

providers regarding life-prolonging procedures.

2. Protection of Third Parties Who Rely on My Agent. No person who relies in good faith upon any representations

by my Agent or Alternate Agent shall be liable to me, my estate, my heirs or assigns, for recognizing the Agent’s authority.

3. Revocation of Prior Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care or Health Care Directive. I revoke any prior

living will, declaration or health care directive executed by me. If I have appointed an Agent in a prior durable power of

attorney, I revoke any prior health care durable power of attorney or any health care terms contained in that other durable

power of attorney and intend that this Durable Power for Attorney for Health Care (if completed) and this Health Care

Directive (if completed) replace or supplant earlier documents or provisions of earlier documents.

4. Validity. This document is intended to be valid in any jurisdiction in which it is presented. The provisions of

this document are separable, so that the invalidity of one or more provisions shall not affect any others. A copy of this

document shall be as valid as the original.

IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT OR ONLY THE DIRECTIVE (PART II),

YOU MUST SIGN THIS DOCUMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF TWO WITNESSES.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I signed this document on _____________________(month, date),______(year).

___________________________________________

Signature

Printed Name: _______________________________

WITNESSES: The person who signed this document is of sound mind and voluntarily signed this document in our

presence. Each of the undersigned witnesses is at least eighteen years of age.

Signature ____________________________ Signature ____________________________

Print Name ____________________________ Print Name ____________________________

Address ____________________________ Address ____________________________

____________________________ ____________________________

NOTARY ACkNOWLEDGMENT

(Only required if Part I or entire document completed.)

STATE OF MISSOURI )

) SS

COUNTY OF ________________ )

On this ______ day of _________________ (month), ______ (year), before me personally appeared _________________________

_____________, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he/she

executed the same as his/her free act and deed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and afxed my ofcial seal in the County or City and state

aforementioned, on the day and year rst above written.

____________________________________________________

_________________________________________, Notary Public

(Name Printed)

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