Code · Massachusetts · Part II — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Title II — PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES · Chapter 201D

Section 4: Contents of proxy

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Section 4. The health care proxy shall:

(i)identify the principal and the health care agent;

(ii)indicate that the principal intends the agent to have authority to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf;

(iii)describe the limitation, if any, that the principal intends to impose upon the agent's authority; and

(iv)indicate that the agent's authority shall become effective if it is determined pursuant to section six that the principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions.