Medical Powers of Attorney

Helping You With Medical Power of Attorney

Are you in a position where you need to plan for future medical care but have not started yet? This can happen sooner than you planned due to an unexpected injury or illness that leaves you incapacitated. It is critical you address the numerous healthcare decisions you may eventually have to deal with anyway sooner rather than later, before it is too late.

Gordon R. Crawford & Associates offers medical power of attorney services to Southeastern Louisiana. Whether in South Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Gonzalez, Louisiana, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, or St. James Parish, Louisiana, we are a phone call away from getting your healthcare decisions and legal needs figured out. We use our decades of experience and command of the law to ensure all the necessary Ts are crossed and Is dotted, and your situation is fully taken care of.

What Is Health Care Power Of Attorney?

Similar to the power of attorney, health care power of attorney concerns the authority regarding decision-making for those unable to express their wishes on their own. As the language indicates, health care power of attorney applies specifically to matters related to health care, however. This is especially relevant to people who are advanced in age or have significant health issues.

Healthcare power of attorneys are both legal documents, and the individual(s) that the document declares has the authority to make decisions in place of the individual unable to express their choices. In simpler terms, the individual(s) listed on the document becomes the subject’s “healthcare agent.”

A healthcare power of attorney can generally be anyone, so long as the person knows them, trusts them to do the job, and believes they are able to fulfill its requirements. You can change your medical power of attorney if you desire, as well as arrange a new medical power of attorney as you please.

What Does A Healthcare Power Of Attorney Do?

Abilities as a “healthcare agent” include making decisions for the subject and communicating with healthcare professionals. More specifically, these decisions can include matters surrounding:

• Medication
• Treatment
• Surgery
• Health insurance
• HSA accounts
• Accessing HIPAA-protected information

Having someone prepared in this manner is a great way to plan for your future medical care, namely ensuring you have the ability to care for yourself in the event you are unable to on your own.

Other Important Things To Know

In order for your medical power of attorney to be legally recognized and binding, it must be signed and notarized by a notary public. You will also need at least two witnesses present in order to both authenticate and revoke your medical power of attorney.

While neither a healthcare professional nor lawyer is required in order for you to create or revoke your medical power of attorney, we ensure it is done seamlessly and in full compliance for all of our clients. Partner with us today to give yourself peace of mind, knowing that you will be in the hands of someone you trust if things are such that you cannot manage yourself.

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