A Minnesota medical power of attorney form is a legal document that gives you (the “principal”) the power to nominate someone else to make critical decisions about your health and treatment in case you cannot do so yourself due to incapacity.
This form safeguards your medical wishes, entrusting someone you know well to act as your health care proxy (also known as “representative” or “agent”).
Laws
Statute: Chapter 145B of the Minnesota Statutes.
Signing Requirements: Two (2) Witnesses or Notary Public (145C.16).
Revocation: You must have the capacity to make your own decisions and revoke it in writing. You may also verbally revoke the directive in front of two witnesses who do not need to be there simultaneously. Furthermore, your existing medical power of attorney will be revoked if you create a new one (145C.09).
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