A South Carolina Medical Power of Attorney is a document an individual uses to give someone else the legal authority to make medical decisions.
This authority can be given temporarily (e.g., if you’re set to undergo surgery during which you’ll be put under) or permanently (e.g., enter into a coma or other incapacitation).
Laws
Statute: Title 62, Article 5, Sections 501-518
Signing Requirements: Two (2) Witnesses (§ 62-5-503(3)).
Revocation: Notify the agent or healthcare provider, execute a Revocation of Power of Attorney, execute a different form, or run a Durable Power of Attorney. If the spouse is the agent and the couple gets a divorce, the healthcare agent’s powers are revoked, but the document remains valid if it names successor agents (§ 62-5-512).
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