Health-care provider limitation.
No health-care provider may require an individual to execute a durable power of attorney for health care as a condition for the provision of health-care services or admission to a health-care facility, as defined in § 44-501. After an individual has spent at least 48 hours in a health care facility, a health care provider may request the individual to execute a durable power of attorney for health care subject to the limitations set forth in this subchapter. The health care provider may not be named as the attorney in fact.
Annotations
Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-189, § 10, 35 DCR 8653 Feb. 5, 1994, D.C. Law 10-68, § 23(j), 40 DCR 6311 Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-72, § 2(c)(5), 63 DCR 208 The 2016 amendment by D.C. Law 21-72 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter” in (b). 1981 Ed., § 21-2209.
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