A Maryland medical power of attorney allows you to name someone else to make medical decisions. This person (called “agent”) must act in your best interests and is responsible for making crucial health care decisions if your doctor decides you’re too sick to communicate.
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Statute: Maryland Code, Health-Gen. § 5-601.
Signing Requirements: Two (2) Witnesses (§ 5-601.1).
Revocation: It is effective indefinitely until you revoke it. You can cancel your MPOA by destroying it, creating a new one, signing and dating a written document that states your invention to revoke, or making an oral statement to your healthcare practitioner that you want to revoke (Md. Code, Health-Gen. § 5-604).
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