Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Decisions
Warning to person executing this document : This is an important legal document . It creates a durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare . Before executing this document , you should know these important facts :
1 . This document gives the person you designate as your Attorney-In-Fact the power to make healthcare 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 healthcare decisions for you may include consent , refusal of consent , or withdrawal of consent to any care , treatment , service or procedure as well as 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 healthcare decisions for you may include the power to consent to your doctor not to give treatment or to stop treatment that 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 healthcare decisions for yourself , this power will continue to exist until the time when you become able to make healthcare decisions for yourself .
5 . Notwithstanding this document , you have a right to make medical and other healthcare decisions for yourself so long as you can give informed consent with respect to the particular decisions . In addition , no treatment may be given to you over your objection , and healthcare necessary to keep you alive may not be stopped if you object .
6 . You have the right to decide where you live , even as you age . Decisions about where you live are personal . Some people live at home with support , while others move to assisted living facilities or facilities for skilled nursing . In some cases , people are moved to facilities with locked doors to prevent people with cognitive disorders from leaving or getting lost or to provide assistance to people who require a higher level of care . You should discuss with the person designated in this document your desires about where you live as you age or if your health declines . You have the right to determine whether to authorize the person designated in this document to make decisions for you about where you live when you are no longer capable of making that decision . If you do not provide such authorization to the person designated in this document , that person may not be able to assist you to move to a more supportive living arrangement without obtaining approval through a judicial process .
7 . You have the right to revoke the appointment of the person designated in this document to make healthcare decisions for you by notifying that person of the revocation orally or in writing .
8 . You have the right to revoke the authority granted to the person designated in this document to make healthcare decisions for you by notifying the treating physician , advanced practice registered nurse , hospital or other provider of healthcare orally or in writing .
9 . The person designated in this document to make healthcare decisions for you has the right to examine your medical records and to consent to their disclosures unless you limit this right in the document .
10 . This document revokes any prior Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare . 11 . If there is anything in this document that you do not understand , you should ask a lawyer to explain it to you .
12 . You may request that the Nevada secretary of State Electronically store with the Nevada Lockbox a copy of this document to allow access by an authorized provider of health care as defined in NRS 629.031 .
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