An Oklahoma medical power of attorney lets you choose an agent to make healthcare decisions if you become unable to make decisions for yourself. This document ensures an agent can carry out your preferences even if you cannot communicate when you’re sick or disabled. In Oklahoma, this document is also called a durable power of attorney for health care.
Laws
- Statute: Oklahoma Health Care Agent Act (§ 63-3111.1).
- Signing Requirements: Two witnesses or a notary public (§ 63-3111.3).
- The witnesses must be at least 18 and must not inherit anything from the principal when they pass away.
- Revocation: The principal can revoke it via a written notice or a verbal conversation with the health care provider. They can revoke it at any time and in any way that communicates their intent (§ 63-3111.4).
- A decree of annulment, legal separation, dissolution of marriage, or divorce revokes a previous agent’s powers if the agent was the principal’s spouse.
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