Sec. 3-3.6. Limitations on who may witness property powers.
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Sec. 3-3.6. Limitations on who may witness property powers.
(a)Every property power shall bear the signature of a witness to the signing of the agency and shall be notarized. None of the following may serve as a witness to the signing of a property power or as a notary public notarizing the property power:
(1)the attending physician or mental health service provider of the principal, or a
relative of the physician or provider;
(2)an owner, operator, or relative of an owner or operator of a health care facility in
which the principal is a patient or resident;
(3)a parent, sibling, or descendant, or the spouse of a parent, sibling, or descendant,
of either the principal or any agent or successor agent, regardless of whether the relationship is by blood, marriage, or adoption;
(4)an agent or successor agent for property.
(b)The prohibition on the operator of a health care facility from serving as a witness shall extend to directors and executive officers of an operator that is a corporate entity but not other employees of the operator.