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Fillable Printable Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Health Care

Fillable Printable Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Health Care

Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Health Care

Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Health Care

(NOTICE: the purpose of this power of attorney is to give the person you designate (your “agent”) broad powers
to make health care decisions for you, including power to require, consent to or withdraw any type of personal
care or medical treatment for any physical or mental condition and to admit you to or discharge you from any
hospital, home or other institution. This form does not impose a duty on your agent to exercise granted powers;
but when powers are exercised, your agent will have to use due care to act for your benefit and in accordance with
this form and keep a record of receipts, disbursements and significant actions taken as agent. A court can take
away powers of your agent if it finds the agent is not acting properly. You may name successor agents under this
form but not co-agents, and no health care provider may be named. Unless you expressly limit the duration of this
power in the manner provided below, until you revoke this power or a court acting on your behalf terminates it,
your agent may exercise the powers given here throughout your lifetime, even after you become disabled. The
powers you give your agent, your right to revoke those powers and the penalties for violating the law are
explained more fully in sections 4-5, 4-6, 4-9 and 4-10(b) of the Illinois “Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law”
of which this form is a part. That law expressly permits the use of any different form of power of attorney you may
desire. If there is anything about this form that you do not understand, you should ask a lawyer to explain it to you.)
POWER OF ATTORNEY made this __________ day of_______________________________________(month, year).
1. I, ______________________________________________________________________________________________
(insert name and address of principal)
hereby appoint: _____________________________________________________________________________________
(insert name and address of agent)
as my attorney-in-fact (my “agent”) to act for me and in my name (in any way I could act in person) to make any and all
decisions for me concerning my personal care, medical treatment, hospitalization and health care and to require, withhold
or withdraw any type of medical treatment or procedure, even though my death may ensue. My agent shall have the same
access to my medical records that I have, including the right to disclose the contents to others. My agent shall also have
full power to authorize an autopsy and direct the disposition of my remains. Effective upon my death, my agent
has the full power to make an anatomical gift of the following (initial one):
Any organ:
Specific organs:
(The above grant of power is intended to be as broad as possible so that your agent will have authority to make
any decision you could make to obtain or terminate any type of health care, including withdrawal of food and
water and other life-sustaining measures, if your agent believes such action would be consistent with your intent
and desires. If you wish to limit the scope of your agent’s powers or prescribe special rules or limit the power to
make an anatomical gift, authorize autopsy or dispose of remains, you may do so in the following paragraphs.)
2. The powers granted above shall not include the following powers or shall be subject to the following rules or limita-
tions (here you may include any specific limitations you deem appropriate, such as: your own definition of when life-
sustaining measures should be withheld; a direction to continue food and fluids or life-sustaining treatment in all events;
or instructions to refuse any specific types of treatment that are inconsistent with your religious beliefs or unacceptable to
you for any other reason, such as blood transfusion, electro-convulsive therapy, amputation, psychosurgery, voluntary
admission to a mental institution, etc.):
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
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(The subject of life-sustaining treatment is of particular importance. For your convenience in dealing with that
subject, some general statements concerning the withholding or removal of life-sustaining treatment are set forth
below. If you agree with one of these statements, you may initial that statement; but do not initial more than one):
I do not want my life to be prolonged nor do I want life-sustaining treatment to be provided or continued if my
agent believes the burdens of the treatment outweigh the expected benefits. I want my agent to consider the
relief of suffering, the expense involved and the quality as well as the possible extension of my life in making
decisions concerning life-sustaining treatment.
I want my life to be prolonged and I want life-sustaining treatment to be provided or continued unless I am in a
coma which my attending physician believes to be irreversible, in accordance with reasonable medical standards
at the time of reference. If and when I have suffered irreversible coma, I want life-sustaining treatment to be
withheld or discontinued.
I want my life to be prolonged to the greatest extent possible without regard to my condition, the chances I have
for recovery or the cost of the procedures.
(This power of attorney may be amended or revoked by you in the manner provided in section 4-6 of the Illinois
“powers of attorney for health care law” (see the back of this form). Absent amendment or revocation, the author-
ity granted in this power of attorney will become effective at the time this power is signed and will continue until
your death, and beyond if anatomical gift, autopsy or disposition of remains is authorized, unless a limitation on
the beginning date or duration is made by initialing and completing either or both of the following:)
3.( ) This power of attorney shall become effective on ______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
(insert a future date or event during your lifetime, such as court determination of your disability, when you want this power to first take effect)
4.( ) This power of attorney shall terminate on ____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
(insert a future date or event, such as court determination of your disability, when you want this power to terminate prior to your death)
(If you wish to name successor agents, insert the names and addresses of such successors in the following paragraph.)
5. If any agent named by me shall die, become incompetent, resign, refuse to accept the office of agent or be unavailable,
I name the following (each to act alone and successively, in the order named) as successors to such agent:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
For purposes of this paragraph 5, a person shall be considered to be incompetent if and while the person is a minor or an
adjudicated incompetent or disabled person or the person is unable to give prompt and intelligent consideration to health
care matters, as certified by a licensed physician.
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(If you wish to name your agent as guardian of your person, in the event a court decides that one should be
appointed, you may, but are not required to, do so by retaining the following paragraph. The court will appoint
your agent if the court finds that such appointment will serve your best interests and welfare. Strike out paragraph
6 if you do not want your agent to act as guardian.)
6. If a guardian of my person is to be appointed, I nominate the agent acting under this power of attorney as such guard-
ian, to serve without bond or security.
7. I am fully informed as to all the contents of this form and understand the full import of this grant of powers to my
agent.
Signed ____________________________________________________________________________________________
(principal)
The principal has had an opportunity to read the above form and has signed the form or acknowledged his or her signature
or mark on the form in my presence.
____________________________________________ Residing at ___________________________________________
(witness)
(You may, but are not required to, request your agent and successor agents to provide specimen signatures below. If you
include specimen signatures in this power of attorney, you must complete the certification opposite the signatures of the
agents.)
Specimen signatures of agent (and successors) I certify that the signatures of my agent (and successors)
are correct.
_________________________________________ _____________________________________________
(agent) (principal)
_________________________________________ _____________________________________________
(successor agent) (principal)
_________________________________________ _____________________________________________
(successor agent) (principal)
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