Sec. 4-5.1. Limitations on who may witness health care agencies.
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Sec. 4-5.1. Limitations on who may witness health care agencies.
(a)Every health care agency shall bear the signature of a witness to the signing of the agency. No witness may be under 18 years of age. None of the following licensed professionals providing services to the principal may serve as a witness to the signing of a health care agency:
(1)the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant,
dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, or psychologist of the principal, or a relative of the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, or psychologist;
(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 health care.
(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 such as, but not limited to, non-owner chaplains or social workers, nurses, and other employees.